08-10-2003, 03:02 AM
A few years ago, i read an article from an programming magazine. In this article the author said that, when he was at the university, every year there was a contest. It consist in making a program in basic with just 3 lines of code (like the haiku poems)
(Note: the article made a criticism about the grow up of the size of the software).
He comment that every year the level of programing were increassing from just simple things to make an entire game (Note: this was the time of the home computer).
I was astonishing when read that article. Years later in another magazine, there was a contest "make the shortest arcade game". There were differente categories: fewest lines of code, smallest executable. And of course the game have to be amusing.
So, what is the best what you can do in just 3 lines of code. There is no other limitation.
(Note: the article made a criticism about the grow up of the size of the software).
He comment that every year the level of programing were increassing from just simple things to make an entire game (Note: this was the time of the home computer).
I was astonishing when read that article. Years later in another magazine, there was a contest "make the shortest arcade game". There were differente categories: fewest lines of code, smallest executable. And of course the game have to be amusing.
So, what is the best what you can do in just 3 lines of code. There is no other limitation.