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Without using numbers, get the highest salary you can. But don't exaggerate!
Zsh, $138166 (14 bytes)
<<<\$$[##𡮶]
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𡮶 is the Unicode character with codepoint 138166. This is the maximum integer score for 14 bytes.
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Without using numbers, get the highest salary you can. But don't exaggerate!
Vyxal ṡ, 6 bytes, $260847
\$»⟑¬ǎ
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Brev, score 13
((fn (string-length (strse x 'alpha ""))) "(fn(string-length(strse x 'alpha \"\")))")
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Implement the slowest possible sorting algorithm that retains a fast best case
Python 3, \$O\left(n^2\left(max\left(a\right)-min\left(a\right)+1\right)^{n-1}\right)\$
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Write the shortest program that generates the most compiler warnings and errors
Rust, 206 chars, 220+2 errors, score 5090, tunable.
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Big big numbers
Vyxal, 3 bytes ~\$10^{305}\$
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Ruby, score 5, 67 bytes
p gets.count"^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
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BQN, Score: 8, 60 bytes
+´¬∘∊⟜"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
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12 with no 1234567890, but polyglot
JavaScript (jsshell), Python 3, bash (core utils)?, brainfuck, 109 bytes
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12 with no 1234567890, but polyglot
brainfuck, Headass, Javascript; 3 languages, 52 bytes
print("+++++++^[>D+++++P++<-]>:".length/"+?".length)
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Ruby, Score: 24, 42 bytes
->s{s.chars.map{_1=~/[A-Za-z]/?0:1}.sum-1}
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There is a -1 the end due to the \n.
If you don't coun't it, it's 40 bytes and Score: 22
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12 with no 1234567890, but polyglot
6+ languages, 24 bytes, score < 0.67
Haskell, OCaml, Coq, Common Lisp, Erlang, Octave/Matlab, and many other functional languages
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12 with no 1234567890, but polyglot
5 Languages - Keg, Vyxal, Python 3, 05AB1E and Curlyfrick, 114 bytes
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12 with no 1234567890, but polyglot
Example Submission, \$1\$ Language(s), \$26\$ Byte(s), Score \$\frac{26}{1^2}=26\$.
Language(s):
Python
print(len('aaaaaaaaaaaa'))
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Write Moby Dick, approximately
sh+bzip3, 2*321,287+0 = 642574
Based on this submission - except bzip3 manages to get a substantially better compression ratio. Building the file:
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APL (NARS2000) Score 19, 31 bytes
{≢⍵~⎕av[C,32+C←66..91]}
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{≢⍵~⎕av[C,32+C←66..91]} 'Hello, World!' evaluates to ...
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Python 2, score 9, 40 bytes
lambda s:map(str.isalpha,s).count(False)
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CJam, score 0, 95 89 82 bytes
qeuWcibWcibKAbFbAbHbAbIbfbXfbKBbKbAbDbAbKbfbKYbKbYbCbfbXdfmdUfmOGYbCbfbUfbXfbUfbXb
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Alumin, Score 0 (82 bytes)
iqipkmddhhdtddtthaueyddhhhdtdhatveyddhhhhhhhdthhthcueydhhhdhathcdthavetrtahycmzfaf
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Wolfram Language (Mathematica), score 4, 40 bytes
ss~StringCount~Except@LetterCharacter
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PowerShell Core, 59 bytes, score: 8 10
$input-replace"[abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz]"|foreach Length
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Write a polyglot that prints the language's name
PE/bash/x86/C/Ruby/Python2, 330 bytes
score ≈ 0.0445
xxd:
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Jelly, score 3, 4 bytes
@caird-coinheringaahing saves 1 byte!
ḟØẠL
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Explanation:
Filter alphabetic characters from input, then return length
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JavaScript (in Browser), Score 4, 120 bytes
eval(atob`ZXZhbCgicyAgPSIrICAiPnMubWEiKyAidGNoKCIrICIvWyIrICAiXmEtekEtWiIrICJdLyIrImcpPyIrICIubCIrImVuZyIrInRoIHwgMCIp`)
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Perl 5 + -n0 -M5.10.0, Score: 3, 14 bytes
say s M\PlMMig
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C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 11 Score, 32 bytes
s=>s.Count(c=>!char.IsLetter(c))
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Rust, score 14, 42 bytes
|s|s.replace(char::is_alphabetic,"").len()
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Wolfram Language (Mathematica), score 5, 39 bytes
sStringLength@s-Total@LetterCounts@s
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Charcoal -v, 36 bytes, score 0
CastLengthFilterqNotCountaUppercasei
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