python coding contest

[Shane Hathaway]

Tim Hochberg wrote:
> Paul McGuire wrote:
> 
>>"Shane Hathaway" <shane at hathawaymix.org> wrote in message
>>news:mailman.2581.1135676005.18701.python-list at python.org...
>>
>>
>>>I'm down to 133 characters (counted according to 'wc -c') on a single
>>>line.  It contains about 11 whitespace characters (depending on what you
>>>consider whitespace.)  It's way too tricky for my taste, but it's fun to
>>>play anyway.  Has anyone done better so far?  Here's a hint on my
>>>strategy: the code contains three large integers. :-)
>>>
>>
>>With 1 large integer, I am down to 200 characters on 1 multiline line.  I
>>can guess why you have 3 integers vs. 1, but I don't see how that saves you
>>any characters of code.
> 
> 
> This is interesting. I have a six line solution that is 133 characters 
> long.

133 characters according to 'wc -c'?  If so, that will surely win style 
points over my one-line monster.  But I bet someone's going to do better 
(without cheating.)

Shane