176
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The Letter A without A
Python 2, 14 bytes
print`3<3`[~3]
The expression 3<3 gives the Boolean False, and ...
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157
votes
How high can you count?
JavaScript (ES7), score 17, 176 bytes
They said it couldn't be done, so I did it :D (thanks to a lot of help from @FullDecent)
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154
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Accepted
Produce the number 2014 without any numbers in your source code
Mouse-2002, 4 bytes.
That's 4 bytes of pure, sweet ASCII.
In Mouse, the letters of the alphabet are initialised to the values 0-25. ! is the operator for printing ...
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votes
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
Without using numbers, get the highest salary you can. But don't exaggerate!
bash, $127127
x;echo \$$?$?
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Since the x command doesn't exist, it errors and sets the exit code to ...
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103
votes
Accepted
The Letter A without A
Pluso, 1 byte
o
Pluso Esolangs Page.
Pluso contains a single accumulator, that starts with the value 1. It uses two commands, p which increments the accumulator ...
- 1,054
95
votes
Fewest (distinct) characters for Turing Completeness
Haskell, 4 chars
()=;
With ()= we are able to define S, K and I. The definitions must be separated by either ...
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93
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88
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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 ...
80
votes
Print the phrase "And she said, 'But that's his.'" using only the alphabet
Whitespace, 417 414 349 265 bytes
265 bytes thanks to Kevin Cruijssen
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75
votes
Without using numbers, get the highest salary you can. But don't exaggerate!
Java 8, $131,199.00 (15 bytes)
v->"$"+'e'*'ԓ'
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Explanation:
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72
votes
Find an Illegal String
Changeling, 2 bytes
That's two linefeeds. Valid Changeling must always form a perfect square of printable ASCII characters, so it cannot contain two linefeeds ...
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70
votes
I don't even... I only odd!
Lenguage, 645529908926937253684695788965635909332404360034079 9394157991500940492270727190763049448735 1174269748937617561533841898064735499551 2293382937520069758100171520285996319 bytes
That's ...
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68
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68
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Fewest (distinct) characters for Turing Completeness
Unary, 1 character
0
The choice of character doesn't really matter; the length of the program defines the brainfuck program it transpiles to. While the spec ...
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68
votes
Eww, those bytes are gross
Japt -P, score: 255 (2 bytes)
ff
f => filter, second f => everything but 'f'
Try ...
66
votes
How high can you count?
brainfuck, score 2, 255 144 10 bytes
...Yeah, not the best idea since I only have 8 characters (tarpits gonna tarpit) to work with but let's see how much is possible. I think this is all that's ...
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64
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Print the phrase "And she said, 'But that's his.'" using only the alphabet
Perl 5, 133 102 95 bytes
s qqAnd she saidZ ZBut thatZs hisZZGjGGfq x
s qZqchr oct oct oct ord chopqge x
y qGjfqqdx
print
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Explanation:
Regexes, ...
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60
votes
Three-Three-Three!
Brain-Flak, Flakcats, Brain-Flueue, Brain-Flak Classic, Miniflak, and Fλak 18 bytes
Proven optimal!
((([()][()][()])))
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Explanation
Brain-Flak, ...
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57
votes
I'm a palindrome. Are you?
Pyth, 3 bytes
_I_
Returns True or False.
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How it works
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57
votes
Output your Score!
JavaScript, 19 bytes
Octal was invented to serve two purposes:
setting file permissions in Linux
answering this challenge
alert(023+' bytes')
Try it ...
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54
votes
The Letter A without A
PHP, 9 6 bytes
<?=O^_^Q;
For 9 bytes: Inspired by @Ton Hospel's answer. Plus, it has the added benefit of looking a bit like a Kaomoji. :-)
The 6 bytes ...
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53
votes
Output programming language name
SmileBASIC, 11 bytes
sPsET.,1474
Equivalent to SPSET 0,1474. Sets sprite 0 to definition 1474, which is the SmileBASIC logo.
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52
votes
Just repeat yourself
Hexagony, 166 126 124 bytes
\\;;;;33rr''22DD..));;;;;;oo;;}}eeoo\\@@nn;;;;ee;;;;aass&&;;uuoo;;;;..\\\\;;ttee..pp;;tt;;;;..rr;;''ll..'';;;;..;;}}ff..}}yy
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52
votes
Print all ASCII alphanumeric characters without using them
Octave, 52 46 40 bytes
['['-('"':'+'),'{'-(_='!':':'),_+'@','']
This evaluates to
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51
votes
Accepted
Programming a Pristine World
Rail, 24 bytes
$'main' #
-[world]o/
I think this works. And it's both short and readable (as far as Rail goes).
If the removed substring includes any part ...
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51
votes
Without using numbers, get the highest salary you can. But don't exaggerate!
CJam, (5 bytes) $294204.018...
'$PB#
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Explanation:
I derived it from Dennis' answer, but looked for combinations of numbers which would yield a ...
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50
votes
No strings (or numbers) attached
Funciton, 1222 bytes
Apart from numeric literals, there are two ways I can produce a value (any value at all) in Funciton: stdin and lambda expressions. Stdin is a single box while a full lambda ...
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