In article <mailman.295.1365438635.3114.python-l...@python.org>, Arnaud Delobelle <arno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8 April 2013 17:20, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > >> I can't help point out, however, that if your initial implementation is to > >> have your code return a constant, it's pretty likely to be an optimum > >> solution in both time and space :-) > > > > Likely, but not certain. > > > > # 1 > > def fifty_stars(): > > return "**************************************************" > > > > # 2 > > fifty_stars=lambda "*"*50 > > There's a whole competition about writing the smallest program which > outputs the song "99 bottles of beer": > > http://codegolf.com/99-bottles-of-beer I see the top 10 entries are all written in Perl. I suppose this says something. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
