Timeline for Pack sequences of non-negative integers

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Feb 21, 2017 at 2:44	comment	added	Dennis		It's not that `ÆE` isn't used in other challenges; I've used it plenty of times. But every since I saw the OP's answer to this challenge, I knew that if I ever made a language, it would include this built-in. In any case, the loophole exists to prevent people from making up a language to win every challenge. Posting the answer myself woyld have been a bit iffy, but since you discovered a general-purpose built-in that happens to work particularly well for this challenge, it's fine.
Feb 21, 2017 at 2:41	comment	added	user62131		Right, but I was going along the lines of "if I see lots of challenges where a particular builtin helps, that builtin will likely come in useful in the future". For example, A Pear Tree's checksums were inspired by several specific past challenges, but I had a hunch that they'd come in useful on future challenges too, so they did. I haven't gone back to those past challenges and submitted A Pear Tree answers, though, because that would likely be cheating.
Feb 21, 2017 at 2:39	comment	added	Dennis		Considering that you couldn't have possibly known this, there is no problem. Most built-ins of golfing languages were inspired by older challenges.
Feb 21, 2017 at 2:37	comment	added	user62131		Oh, hmm, in that case this answer probably violates a standard loophole (unintentionally). Postdated languages are fair enough, but languages features that were added for a challenge are invalid. (`ÆE` is useful for other things, though; however, I'm not sure `ÆẸ` is.)
Feb 21, 2017 at 2:33	comment	added	Dennis		Jelly fact: This challenge is why those built-ins exist in the first place.
Feb 21, 2017 at 2:31	history	edited	user62131	CC BY-SA 3.0	golf down further per @Dennis
Feb 19, 2017 at 3:12	history	answered	user62131	CC BY-SA 3.0