CGCC sings a song together

Question

This is a code-shuffleboard answer-chaining challenge, where the answers will aim to, together, output the lyrics to this beloved 80s song.

This is the full lyrics of the song, line by line. The first answer will contain a program that will output the first line of the song (We're no strangers to love). The second will do the same, but for the second line (You know the rules and so do I) and so on. Some answers (the 7th, 14th, 22nd, 29th, 36th, 45th, 51st, 54th, 61st and 68th) will output a blank line.

Each answers' program, however, must be irreducible, meaning that it must not output the correct line if any non-zero number of characters (not necessarily consecutive) are removed.

• print("We're no strangers to love") is an irreducible Answer 1 in Python 3
• if 1: print("We're no strangers to love") is not, as we can remove if 1: and it'll still output the first line
• print("We're no str" + "angers t" + "o love") is also not, as the two " + "s can be removed, and it'll still produce the correct output.

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Let \$\bar x_i\$ be the arithmetic mean of the lengths of the first \$i\$ lines, to 1 decimal place. This sequence begins \$26, 28, 32, 34, 34.6, 33\$ and converges to \$\bar x_{74} = 24.3\$ by the end of the song. Each answer has a score, which will eventually determine the overall winner. The score for the \$i\$th answer is defined as:

If the \$i\$th answer is \$n\$ bytes long, its score is \$|n - \bar x_i|\$

So, if the first answer is 10 bytes long, its score is \$16\$, and if the 72nd answer is 2 bytes long, its score is \$|2 - 24.2| = 22.2\$. A user's overall score is the arithmetic mean of the scores of all their answers. The user with the lowest overall score wins.

The full sequence of \$\bar x_i\$; the left column is \$i\$, the right is \$\bar x_i\$. Collapse the "Arguments" element for easier viewing.

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Rules

• You may either:

  • Output the line to STDOUT, or your language's closest alternative; or,
  • Return the line from a function

• You should take no input, aside from an optional empty input

• Each language may only be used once. This includes different versions of a language, such as Python 2 and Python 3. Generally, if two languages are considered versions of each other, such as Seriously and Actually, then only one is allowed to be used.

• You may not post 2 answers in a row

• You must wait 1 hour between answers

• The challenge will end when the 74th answer is posted, at which point I will accept an answer of the winner's choice

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Please format your answer as the following:

# [Num]. [Lang], score [score]

    code

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[Everything else]

Answer 1

4. Husk, score 0

¨You wouldn't get this fromȦ?ØoĠÜy

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Just wanted to use Husk before someone else could steal it. Simply a (partially) compressed string.

Answer 2

7. Subleq, 28 bytes (7 32-bit words), score 0.3

6 3 3
0 0 3
4

Subleq Emulator

I am new to Subleq so hopefully this is right. The first line changes the 3 in address 5 to -1 which makes the second line exit producing no output. Deleting a word causes an infinite loop. For example, 0 0 0 goes to 0.

Answer 3

2. 05AB1E, score 0

“Youƒ€ the rules and so do I

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“...  # trimmed program
“...  # push "You know the rules and so do I"
      # implicit output

_{I accidentally opened Settings (Win+I) while typing this explanation.}

Answer 4

1. Jelly, score 0

“ŒßỤẸ:IŀėṪƝƓɠi?ṅRṭḄṁ3Ġ»ḣ26

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“ŒßỤẸ:IŀėṪƝƓɠi?ṅRṭḄṁ3Ġ»     We're no strangers to love abcd
                       ḣ26  first 26 chars

Answer 5

3. Vyxal, score 0

`A ƛ‡ commitment's w∷⟇ I'm ʀ¨ of

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Answer 6

5. Labyrinth, 131 bytes, score 96.4

73.32.106.117.115.116.32.119.97.110:..97.32.116.101.108:..32.121.111.117.32.104.111.119.32.73.39.109.32.102.101:..108.105.110.103.@

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Here goes a suboptimal language choice, as it can't win against those zero scores anyway.

It is hard to reuse a number in Labyrinth (except for adjacent ones) because each digit command alters the current top of the stack, rather than pushing a new number.

Answer 7

10. Japt, 29 bytes, score 0.8

`Nev€ gna run ÂИ „d Ürt yŒ

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Just compressed the string, outputs Never gonna run around and desert you

Somehow the compressor is very nice and fits my need, exactly 28 bytes of string while compressed and adding a leading backtick to decompress gives 29 bytes, then leading to a nice optimal score

Though I think the HTML trick was better

Answer 8

9. R version >= 4.1, Score 1.8

\()"Never gonna let you down"

A function taking no arguments and returning a string. No TIO link because R 4.1 isn’t yet on TIO.

Apologies for getting the wrong line initially!

Answer 9

12. HTML, score 1.7909090909090892

Never gonna say goodby&#101

I deleted my older HTML answer 1 hour ago so posting this now

Answer 10

Line 14, " "

Python 3, 0 bytes, score 26

[nothing here]

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Gotta get Python in here somewhere.

Answer 11

8. Splinter, Score 18.4

\N\e\v\e\r\ \g\o\n\n\a\ \g\i\v\e\ \y\o\u\ \u\p

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Note: Apologies for the edit, I thought we were aiming for a higher score.

this outputs Never gonna give you up

Answer 12

11. Unary, 25247105318448659498226527583287720106787200954491263487845422435915430598123234439645367425137855414888675036 bytes - Score very close to that

Since it's impossible to beat those 0-pointers...

Compiles to +[>>>-[-->+<<+<]<<+]>+++.<<<<+++.>.<.<<.>------.>++.<<---.-..>>------.<.>++++++.++.>.<----.<.>>+++.<<<+.++++++.>.<.-----. in brainfrick - Try it online!

Answer 13

15. Stax, score 0.5

üy ♫ε╖nÖG°∟2♦︎½►±ç╧∟X)÷A•σ←

Run and debug it

Prints “We've known each other for so long”.

Answer 14

6. JavaScript (Node.js), score 0

_=>'Gotta make you '+"understand"

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_=>'...'+"..."  # trimmed program
_=>             # return function taking an optional argument _ that returns...
   '...'        # literal...
        +       # concatenated with...
         "..."  # literal

Answer 15

20. Bubblegum, score 1.1

00000000: e54c 1a26 90b8 f59b c710 0b14 f216 4647  .L.&..........FG
00000010: e7b7 bf31 1a85 6a0a 7a05 e8              ...1..j.z..

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Uses the BB96 encoding to encode "And if you ask me how I'm feeling"

Answer 16

24. Excel, Score 0 3

Never gonna let you down

+3 score due to reducibility error

Answer 17

19. Grok, 50 bytes, score 22.1

hqj`ti yalp annog er'ew dna emag eht wonk eWi
W{lY

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Explanation:

h                                              # Start the IP moving left
   `ti yalp annog er'ew dna emag eht wonk eWi  # Push the string 'We know the game and we're gonna play it' to the stack.
  j                                            # Change the IP to move down
  l                                            # Change the IP to move right
   Y                                           # Duplicate the top of the stack to the register
W                                              # Print the value in the register as a character
 {                                             # If the top of the stack is 0, rotate IP direction clockwise
 q                                             # Terminate program

Answer 18

13. DOG, Score 15

bark "Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you "

I can't figure out how to adapt the interpreter to TIO, so you'll have to download it.

Answer 19

16. PHP, 34 bytes, Score 7.4

<?="Your heart's been aching but";

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PHP was of course needed here, for this very difficult line, and it has not enough pride left to care so much about its score anymore!

Answer 20

17. Underload, score 0.5

(You're too shy to say it)S

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Fairly simple.

(You're too shy to say it)S

(You're too shy to say it)   Push this string to the top of the stack.
                          S  Print the top of the stack.

Answer 21

21. COW, Score 4474.4

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Outputs Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Answer 22

22. C# (.NET Core), score 1.7

class P{static void Main(){}}

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A minimal C# program that does nothing. I think any less than this and there’s no valid entry point.

Answer 23

25. Quarterstaff, score 98.6

111>o101>a110>b114>r78!a!118!a!r!32!103!o!b!b!97!32!r!117!b!32!97!r!o!117!b!100!32!97!b!100!32!100!a!115!a!r!116!32!121!o!117!

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Answer 24

18. Deadfish~, 291.8 score

{{i}ddd}iiic{iiii}dddciiiiic{d}cdddddcic{{d}iii}ic{{i}d}dddc{dd}iic{{d}iii}ic{iiiiii}iiiiiic{i}iiiciiiiic{d}ddc{{d}iii}ddc{{i}ddd}iiiiiciiicic{i}ddc{{d}i}iiic{{i}d}dddc{d}dddddc{d}iiic{ii}dc{{d}ii}iiic{{i}ddd}iiiiiic{{d}ii}dddc{iiiiii}iiiiiiciiicc{i}dc{{d}ii}iic{{i}ddd}ic{i}ddcddddddciiiiic{d}iiic{{d}iii}dc{{i}dd}dcdc

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Answer 25

23. Brain-Flak,Score 4370.9

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Sorry about the mess. I have no idea how to efficiently get large numbers in Brain-flak.

Outputs Never gonna give you up