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		pasquinelli on April 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Egison Programming Language it must be simple because this code is, i presume, runnable.

kristopolous on April 30, 2023 [–]

That's now how simple works. Malborge's "Hello World" is a single line!

(=<`#9]~6ZY327Uv4-QsqpMn&+Ij"'E%e{Ab~w=_:]Kw%o44Uqp0/Q?xNvL:`H%c#DD2^WV>gY;dts76qKJImZkj

Look at how compact that is! Must be simple!

You can't claim simplicity by using character or line count.

kragen on April 30, 2023 | [–]

there are an awful lot of separate entities in that line

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