519
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"Hello, World!"
Stuck, 0 bytes
Well, can't get shorter than that...
An empty program will output Hello, World! in Stuck.
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280
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"Hello, World!"
Brainfuck, 78 bytes
Open-ended bounty: If anyone can improve this score, I will pass the bounty (+500) on to them.
@KSab has found a 76 72 byte solution!
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264
votes
Draw the national flag of Iceland
Python 3, 190 172 171 169 167 160 159 147 143 bytes
Using PIL version 1.1.7 which has a deprecated but not removed offset method.
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"Hello, World!"
ArnoldC, 71 bytes
IT'S SHOWTIME
TALK TO THE HAND "Hello, World!"
YOU HAVE BEEN TERMINATED
Just for lols...
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234
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193
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178
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"Hello, World!"
Mornington Crescent, 3614 3568 bytes
Thanks to NieDzejkob for saving 46 bytes by using shorter line names.
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159
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In Honor of Adam West
Wordfuck, 5761 2686 bytes
I guess using his name as a source code gets Adam West some honor.
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151
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134
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"Hello, World!"
evil, 70 bytes
aeeeaeeewueuueweeueeuewwaaaweaaewaeaawueweeeaeeewaaawueeueweeaweeeueuw
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It uses the following four commands:
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132
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Convert 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to "one", "two", "three", etc
Python 2, 64
print' ottffssennwhoiieiieoruvxvgn ere ehe e nt'[input()::9]
This is what the string looks like with some extra whitespace (try reading vertically)...
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129
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Accepted
Print 0 to 100 without 1-9 characters
R, 9 bytes
F:volcano
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The sequence operator : coerces its arguments to integers. ...
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122
votes
Accepted
A keyboard so real you can almost TASTE it
V, 189, 179, 175, 164, 161, 157, 155, 149, 145, 141, 135 bytes
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121
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Sing Happy Birthday to your favourite programming language
LOLCODE: 109 (105 with "correct" spelling)
LOLCODE is not a great language for golfing, especially since you lose all the beauty and expressiveness when shortening the code.
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119
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Draw the national flag of Iceland
x86 real-mode machine code for DOS COM, 69 65 63 62 bytes
The code is meant to be executed as a DOS COM executable.
Special thanks
meden, saved four bytes.
meden, saved two bytes and removed the ...
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113
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106
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1, 2, Fizz, 4, Buzz
Hexagony, 91 bytes
Thanks for the bounty :)
Wow, I would never have imagined I could beat Martin’s Hexagony solution.
But—who would have thunk it—I got it done. After several days of failure because ...
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97
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Accepted
Bake a slice of Pi
MATL, 70 68 67 bytes
'()'12:)l10:&<toYP43Y$51hb(!10Xy'\::\'FFhZ++'|'3$Yc'||\'3:(95'Zd'o(
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Explanation
What a mess. But hey, there's a ...
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1, 2, Fizz, 4, Buzz
Python 2, 56 bytes
i=0;exec"print i%3/2*'Fizz'+i%5/4*'Buzz'or-~i;i+=1;"*100
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92
votes
"Hello, World!"
Haystack, 17 Bytes
Haystack is a 2D programming language that executes until it finds the needle in the haystack |, all while performing stack-based operations. ...
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92
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Unfolding the Hexagony source code
Hexagony, 271 bytes
I present to you, the first 3% of a Hexagony self-interpreter...
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91
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Sing Happy Birthday to your favourite programming language
Mathematica- barcode birthday wishes--way too many bytes
This prints the verses and reads them aloud.
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Mathematica
Happy Birthday to You
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91
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"Hello, World!"
Piet, 90 codels
This is a 30 by 3 image. Alternatively, at codel size 10:
The uses a 3-high layout so that I only need to pointer once. If this is still golfable I could probably shave at most ...
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91
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Accepted
Diagonal Alphabet
Charcoal, 2 bytes
↘β
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How?
β - the lowercase alphabet
↘ - direction
Exactly the kind of challenge for ...
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89
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Output Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Buffalo, 2711 2571 2517 2447 bytes
It takes 342 buffalo to make 8 buffalo?! Yep, you herd that right.
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87
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When do I get my sandwich?
Python 2, 38 30 28 bytes
lambda S:`6793**164`[len(S)]
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Unfortunately still one byte longer than the best Python 2 answer thus far; though not ...
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85
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Output programming language name
Outputs to STDERR
Outputting to STDERR is now at +33/-21 as an allowed default, which is positive but contested. This is a CW answer to collect answers that just invoke an error in a language where ...
84
votes
Print a 10 by 10 grid of asterisks
Brainfuck, 47 bytes
++++++++++[->++++>+>+<<<]>++>[-<..........>>.<]
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