🅱️ode 🅱️ritique

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YolkaiCreated: ~5 years ago

In this thread: post code that you would like other users to "improve." Example: User A submits good binary search algorithm User B "improves" it by replacing variable names with animals, and for some reason it doesn't halt on some inputs. Generally this is about the opposite of positive style critique, so the program should still work correctly, but clever underhandedness is okay too. You do not have to improve a submission before submitting code for review, but it's nice for organization. This is 🅱️ode 🅱️ritique, so the most clever answer wins. Unsigned 8-bit no-input BF interpreter (byte output instead of char) (@yBASIC ruleset*) hi,, i just downloaded smilebasic. it is not a very concise language. is there anything I can do to make my code smaller?

___$="[<>+-[].]*"     +"$"

___ =.
__$ ="........"
__% =.
__  =(!.<<!.+!.+!.)
_   =.
____=.
@_
_=__$[__%]=="_"__%=__%+!.
_=(_<<!.)+(__$[__%]=="_")__%=__%+!.
_=(_<<!.)+(__$[__%]=="_")__%=__%+!.
_=(_<<!.)+(__$[__%]=="_")__%=__%+!.
_=(_<<!.)+(__$[__%]=="_")__%=__%+!.
_=(_<<!.)+(__$[__%]=="_")__%=__%+!.
_=(_<<!.)+(__$[__%]=="_")__%=__%+!.
_=(_<<!.)+(__$[__%]=="_")__%=__%+!.
__%=__%-(!.+!.<<!.+!.)
_$=___$[___]
GOTO"@________"+"_"*((_$==">")+(_$=="<")*(!.+!.)+(_$=="[")*(!.+!.+!.)+(_$=="]")*(!.+!.+!.+!.)+(_$=="+")*(!.+!.+!.+!.+!.)+(_$=="-")*(!.+!.+!.<<!.)+(_$==".")*(!.+!.+!.+!.+!.+!.+!.))
@________
__$[__%]="._"[(_<<(!.+!.+!.<<!.+!.+!.))<.]__%=__%+!.
__$[__%]="._"[(_<<(!.+(!.+!.+!.<<!.+!.+!.)))<.]__%=__%+!.
__$[__%]="._"[(_<<((!.<<!.)+(!.+!.+!.<<!.+!.+!.)))<.]__%=__%+!.
__$[__%]="._"[(_<<(!.+!.+!.+(!.+!.+!.<<!.+!.+!.)))<.]__%=__%+!.
__$[__%]="._"[(_<<(!.+!.+!.+!.+!.+!.+!.<<!.+!.))<.]__%=__%+!.
__$[__%]="._"[(_<<(!.+(!.+!.+!.+!.+!.+!.+!.<<!.+!.)))<.]__%=__%+!.
__$[__%]="._"[(_<<((!.<<!.+!.+!.+!.)-!.<<!.))<.]__%=__%+!.
__$[__%]="._"[(_<<((!.<<!.+!.+!.+!.+!.)-!.))<.]
__%=__%-!.-!.-!.-!.-!.-!.-!.
@________________________________
___=___+!.
GOTO"@_"+"_"*(___$[___]=="$")
@_________
__%=__%+(!.+!.<<!.+!.)
__$=__$+"........"*(__%==__)
__=__+(!.+!.<<!.+!.)*(__%==__)
GOTO@________________________________
@__________
__%=__%-(!.+!.<<!.+!.)
__$="........"*(__%<.)+__$
__=__+(!.+!.<<!.+!.)*(__%<.)
__%=__%+(!.+!.<<!.+!.)*(__%<.)
GOTO@________________________________
@___________
____=!.
GOTO"@____"+"_"*!!_
@____
___=___+!.
____=____+(___$[___]=="[")
____=____-(___$[___]=="]")
GOTO"@____"+"_"*!____
@_____
GOTO@________________________________
@____________
____=.
@______
____=____+(___$[___]=="]")
____=____-(___$[___]=="[")
___=___-!.
GOTO"@______"+"_"*!____
@_______
GOTO@________________________________
@_____________
_=_+!.
GOTO@________
@______________
_=_-!.
GOTO@________
@_______________
?_
GOTO@________________________________
@__?

_annotated _{* @yBASIC is a Turing-complete SmileBASIC subset that only allows alphanumeric characters to be used for the goto instruction, any other occurrence of [A-Za-z0-9] or non-ASCII characters is illegal}

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by Yolkai

12Me21 #2

Much smaller now:

Also you should use RGBREAD instead of GOTO

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by 12Me21

ProKuku #3

Huh, I was actually wanting to make a thread like this sometime, but I didn’t think it would work very well or something. I don’t have any code right now, but I know for a fact anything I write will need refinement.

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by ProKuku

12Me21 #4

PRINT "Hello, World!"

This program does not use enough modern programming techniques please improve it

~5 years ago

Hylian #5

print "hell OWO rld"

?"hell OWO rld"

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by Hylian

ProKuku #6

PRINT "Hello, World!"
This program does not use enough modern programming techniques please improve it

Hold My Beer Kind Person

UnnecessarilyLongFunctionName "H","e","l","l","o"," ","W","o","r","l","d","!"

DEF UnnecessarilyLongFunctionName OptionalLetter1, OptionalLetter2, OptionalLetter3, OptionalLetter4, OptionalLetter5, EffMyLife, OptionalLetter6, OptionalLetter7, OptionalLetter8, OptionalLetter9, OptionalLetter10, EffMyLifeTheSequel

WAIT 5 'suspense
LOCATE 0,10 'originality 
PRINT OptionalLetter1; OptionalLetter2; OptionalLetter3; OptionalLetter4; OptionalLetter5; ","; EffMyLife; OptionalLetter6; OptionalLetter7; OptionalLetter8; OptionalLetter9; OptionalLetter10; EffMyLifeTheSequel 'Grand Finale
END 'Emotional Ending

EDIT Jr. :yeah that’s how it’s supposed to go

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by ProKuku

chicken #7

PRlNT "H-hewwo, world~!"
DEF PRlNT S$
 IF MILLISEC>0 THEN
  PRINT S$
 ELSE
  FOR I=0 TO LEN(S$)-1
   ?S$[I];
  NEXT
  ?
 ENDIF
END

edit: did some testing and actually this is about 1000x faster than PRINT edit 2: oops sorry only when MILLISEC is negative

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by chicken

ProKuku #8

I still think mine is more efficient

~5 years ago

chicken #9

PRlNT "H-hewwo, world! owo"
DEF PRlNT S$
 VAR O
 IF MILLISEC>O THEN
  REPEAT
   WAIT O+1 'build up speed until MILLISEC overflows
  UNTIL MILLISEC<O
 ENDIF
 FOR I=O TO LEN(S$)-1
  IF S$[I]=="o" THEN 'optimize for perfect filled circle creation
   WIDTH OUT O
   GCIRCLE CSRX*O+O/2,CSRY*O+O/2,O,8
   GFILL CSRX*O+O/2,CSRY*O+O/2,RGB(zero,nothing,zilch,8),8
   GCIRCLE CSRX*O+O/2,CSRY*O+O/2,O,RGB(255,255,247)
   ?""+" ";
  ELSE
   ?S$[I];
  ENDIF
 NEXT
 ?
 IF.<MILLISEC THEN ACLS:PRlNT S$ 'sneaky check
END

edit 1: did some testing and actually this is about 1000x faster than PRINT edit 2: oops sorry only when MILLISEC is negative edit oatmeal: more optimizations

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by chicken

Yolkai #10

PRINT "Hello, World!"
This program does not use enough modern programming techniques please improve it

I gave modernizing it a shot. Unfortunately, I couldn't make SmileBASIC communicate with a Ruby on Rails PHP++.js WebApp to queue a cloud job on an IoT refrigerator and write to a mySQL database. also, please donate to my gofundme so I can afford my senior year of undergrad in compsci :^) edit: fixed highlighting with new mode

OPTION STRICT
ACLS
FORBID_PIRACY

'some constants
DIM MAX_INT = &h7FFFFFFF
DIM E = 2.7182818284
DIM AGEOFEARTH = 4.54e9
DIM EARTHGRAVITY = 9.80665
DIM AVOGADRO = 6.02214e23
DIM HAIRCOLOR = #GREEN
DIM FEIGENBAUM = 4.6692016091

'enum CASE 
DIM CASE_UPPERCASE$ = "UPPER"
DIM CASE_LOWERCASE$ = "LOWER"
DIM CASE_TITLECASE$ = "TITLE"

'enum MOOD
DIM MOOD_EXCITED$ = "!"
DIM MOOD_SERIOUS$ = "."
DIM MOOD_PLAYFUL$ = "~"
DIM MOOD_HESITANT$ = "..."
DIM MOOD_DOUBTFUL$ = "?"

DIM ERRORS$[0]


COMMON DEF Main
  VAR world$, hello_world_string$
  New "World",(params(CASE_TITLECASE$+","+MOOD_EXCITED$)) OUT world$

  IF Any(ERRORS$) == "Yes" THEN
    throw "Something went wrong!!"
  ENDIF

  Helloify ToString(world$) OUT hello_world_string$
  IF Any(ERRORS$) == "Yes" THEN
    throw "Something went wrong!!"
  ENDIF

  PRINT hello_world_string$
  die
END

'Helloify string_to_helloify$:
'Helloifies a string by making it more
'hello-y.  Please do not give it empty
'strings because it does not like that!
'Parameters:
'  string_to_helloify$ : string to make
'                        more hello-y
DEF Helloify string_to_helloify$ OUT helloified_string$
  IF len(string_to_helloify$) < 1 THEN
    PUSH ERRORS$, "i don't like your input :("
  ENDIF

  helloified_string$ = "Hello, " + string_to_helloify$
END
DEF ToString(s$)
  return s$
END

'World:
'Parameters:
'  worldparams$[
'    enum CASE : the casing of the world
'           text
'    enum MOOD : the mood of the world
'           text
'  ]
DEF World_Factory worldparams$[] OUT world$
  DIM CASE = 0
  DIM MOOD = 1
  VAR base_world$ = "wOrLd"

  IF worldparams$[CASE] == CASE_UPPERCASE$ THEN
    world$ = ToUpper$(base_world$)
  ELSEIF worldparams$[CASE] == CASE_LOWERCASE$ THEN
    world$ = ToLower$(base_world$)
  ELSEIF worldparams$[CASE] == CASE_TITLECASE$ THEN
    world$ = ToTitleCase$(base_world$)
  ELSE
    PUSH ERRORS$, "bad case argument"
  ENDIF

  world$ = world$ + worldparams$[MOOD]
END

'String:
'Parameters:
'  stringparams$[
'    str VALUE : the string contents
'  ]
DEF String_Factory stringparams$[] OUT string$
  DIM VALUE = 0
  string$ = stringparams$[VALUE]
END

DEF New type$, params%[] OUT object$
  CALL type$+"_Factory", params% OUT object$
END

'Any(array$[]):
'Determine if there are Any(tm) elements
'in array$
DEF Any(array$[])
  IF LEN(array$) THEN RETURN "Yes" ELSE RETURN "No"
END


'ToUpper$(string$):
'Convert lowercase latin letters to their
'uppercase equivalents
'Parameters:
'  string$ : string to convert
DEF ToUpper$(string$)
  VAR S$, I
  New "String",(params(string$)) OUT S$
  IF Any(ERRORS$) == "Yes" THEN
    throw "Something went wrong!!"
  ENDIF

  FOR I=0 TO LEN(S$)-1
    VAR N=ASC(S$[I])
    IF N>=97 && N<=122 THEN S$[I]=CHR$(N-32)
  NEXT
  RETURN S$
END
'ToLower$(string$):
'Convert uppercase latin letters to their
'lowercase equivalents
'Parameters:
'  string$ : string to convert
DEF ToLower$(string$)
  VAR S$, I
  New "String",(params(string$)) OUT S$
  IF Any(ERRORS$) == "Yes" THEN
    throw "Something went wrong!!"
  ENDIF

  FOR I=0 TO LEN(S$)-1
    VAR N=ASC(S$[I])
    IF N>=65 && N<=90 THEN S$[I]=CHR$(N+32)
  NEXT
  RETURN S$
END
'ToTitleCase$(string$):
'Upcase latin letters at the start of words
'Parameters:
'  string$ : string to convert
DEF ToTitleCase$(string$)
  VAR S$, I, W
  New "String",(params(string$)) OUT S$
  IF Any(ERRORS$) == "Yes" THEN
    throw "Something went wrong!!"
  ENDIF

  FOR I=0 TO LEN(S$)-1
    VAR N=ASC(S$[I])
    IF N>=97 && N<=122 && (I-1<0 || ASC(S$[I-1])==32) THEN
      S$[I]=CHR$(N-32)
    ELSEIF N>=65 && N<=90 THEN
      S$[I]=CHR$(N+32)
    ENDIF
  NEXT
  RETURN S$
END

'TODO: implement using counting sort?
DEF throw message$
  COLOR #TRED
  PRINT message$
  COLOR #TWHITE
  DIE
END

DEF die
  STOP
END


'params(paramstring$):
'Convert a comma-delimited String of parameters
'to an array of parameters for use in Object
'initialization
'Arguments:
'  paramstring$ : a comma-delimited list of
'                 arguments to parameterify
DEF params(paramstring$)
  VAR my_param_string$ =paramstring$* !.
  DIM temporary_param_list_variable$[0]
  VAR temporary_param_variable$

  VAR delimiter_index = INSTR(my_param_string$,",")
  WHILE delimiter_index > -1
    temporary_param_variable$ = LEFT$(my_param_string$,delimiter_index)
    PUSH temporary_param_list_variable$,temporary_param_variable$

    my_param_string$ = MID$(my_param_string$,delimiter_index+1,MAX_INT)
    delimiter_index = INSTR(my_param_string$,",")
  WEND

  PUSH temporary_param_list_variable$,my_param_string$
  RETURN temporary_param_list_variable$
END

DEF FORBID_PIRACY IF!VERSION THEN CONTROLLER.
END

Main

~5 years agoEdited ~4 years ago by Yolkai

snail_#11

The constant death march toward modernization is a dangerous effort to optimize the future at the cost of our past. I propose a countermethod, instead adopting the styles of assembly; you can see there is a kind of beautiful clarity in the bones of the machine, in full view as the onion skins are pullled away.

@_ENTRY
    MOV SP$,@HELLO
    GOSUB @PUTSTR
    PUTCHR 10      'LINE ENDING
    END

@PUTSTR
    POPB A
    IF EQU(A,0) THEN RETURN
    PUTCHR A
    GOTO @PUTSTR

@HELLO DATA "Hello, world!",0



DEF MOV _,L
RESTORE L
READ SP$
SP$=SP$+CHR$(0)
END
DEF POPB _
A=ASC(SHIFT(SP$))
END
DEF EQU(A,B)
RETURN A==B
END
DEF PUTCHR V
PRINT CHR$(V);
END

~5 years ago

IAmRalsei #12

So, this is basically a forum game. Oh cool.

WHILE 1
 PRINT "HELLO!"
WEND

This loop is useless because we have

REPEAT
 ?"HELLO!"
UNTIL 0

~5 years ago

Yolkai #13

WHILE 1
 PRINT "HELLO!"
WEND

FOR TO= TO TO TO STEP STEP STEP STEP NEXT
DEF STEP STEP?"HELLO!"END  END  END  END

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by Yolkai

IAmRalsei #14

WHILE 1
 PRINT "HELLO!"
WEND

FOR TO= TO TO TO STEP STEP STEP STEP NEXT
DEF STEP STEP?"HELLO!"END  END  END  END

That code is not only awful but also nonworking

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by IAmRalsei

spaceturtles #15

I wonder if I can post an entire game here...

~5 years ago

Yolkai #16

WHILE 1
 PRINT "HELLO!"
WEND

FOR TO= TO TO TO STEP STEP STEP STEP NEXT
DEF STEP STEP?"HELLO!"END  END  END  END

That code is not only awful but also nonworking

wrong

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by Yolkai

12Me21 #17

PRINT "Hello, World!"
This program does not use enough modern programming techniques please improve it
I gave modernizing it a shot. Unfortunately, I couldn't make SmileBASIC communicate with a Ruby on Rails PHP++.js WebApp to queue a cloud job on an IoT refrigerator and write to a mySQL database. also, please donate to my gofundme so I can afford my senior year of undergrad in compsci :^)
...

Could you please make your ToUpper$, ToLower$, and ToTitleCase$ functions work with non-ascii letters?

~5 years ago

Yolkai #18

Could you please make your ToUpper$, ToLower$, and ToTitleCase$ functions work with non-ascii letters?

sure

def ToUpper$(string$)
  'optimization for 1-length strings :)
  if(len(string$) == 1) then
    return chr$(abs(asc(string$[.]) - 32))
  endif

  var safe_string$, stringbuilder$, index%
  'clone string$ to prevent race conditions
  New "String",(params(string$)) OUT safe_string$
  'allocate an empty string for returning
  New "String",(params("")) OUT stringbuilder$
  
  while safe_string$>""
    Inc stringbuilder$, ToUpper$(pop(safe_string$))
  wend
  return stringbuilder$
end

others

def ToLower$(string$)
  'optimization for 1-length strings :)
  if(len(string$) == 1) then
    return chr$(abs(asc(string$[.]) + 32))
  endif

  var safe_string$
  var stringbuilder$

  'clone string$ to prevent race conditions
  New "String",(params(string$)) OUT safe_string$
  'allocate an empty string for returning
  New "String",(params("")) OUT stringbuilder$
  
  while safe_string$>""
    Inc stringbuilder$, ToLower$(pop(safe_string$))
  wend
  return stringbuilder$
end

def ToTitleCase$(string$)
  var safe_string$, 
  var stringbuilder$
  var last_char$ = " "

  'clone string$ to prevent race conditions
  New "String",(params(string$)) OUT safe_string$
  'allocate an empty string for returning
  New "String",(params("")) OUT stringbuilder$
  
  while safe_string$>""
    if(last_char$ == " ") then
      Inc stringbuilder$, ToUpper$(pop(safe_string$))
    else
      Inc stringbuilder$, ToLower$(pop(safe_string$))
    endif

    last_char$ = stringbuilder$[len(stringbuilder$ - 1)]
  wend
  return stringbuilder$
end

explanation: indiscriminately shifts characters up/down 32 codepoints. Even better on characters less than 32, which will reflect back up due to abs()... i.e. chr$(0) becomes space, as does chr$(64) "@" ToTitleCase$() doesn't even pay attention to spaces in the source string, but should upcase words in the new string also, why are we allocating two new strings just to change the case? fake bonus recursive call.

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by Yolkai

snail_#19

OPTION STRICT
VAR A%=0,B%=1

WHILE B%>0
 PRINT B%
 SWAP A%,B%
 B%=A%+B%
WEND
END

hey i made this fibonacci sequence for my class, is it good or should i improve it?

~5 years ago

12Me21 #20

Here is my Fibonacci algorithm which runs in O(1) time:

INPUT N

'Calculate PHI by dividing large adjacent Fibonacci numbers:
VAR A=1,B=0
VAR I
FOR I=1 TO 900 'Generate first 900 Fibonacci numbers
 INC A,B
 SWAP A,B
NEXT
VAR PHI=B/A

'Get Nth number in the Fibonacci sequence in 1 step:
PRINT ROUND(POW(PHI,N)/SQR(5))

~5 years agoEdited ~5 years ago by 12Me21

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