Shortest program to print "Never gonna give you up..."

by lini on 6/1/2012, 9:49 AM with 19 comments
  • by blauwbilgorgel on 6/1/2012, 1:04 PM

    Joke answer

      $h = "549d9635795ef37857e0b3dc02e52e53";
  $v = 0;
  while( $v == 0 ){
    $n = "";
    for( $i=0; $i<1943; $i++ ){
      $n .= chr(rand(0, 127));
    }
    if( md5($n) == $h ){
      echo $n;
      $v = 42;
    }
  }
    By the time we have our answer (or a collision), we forgot what the question was.

  • by ColinWright on 6/1/2012, 1:43 PM

    597 bytes of Python:

        : d="""ou@on@he@ell@ w@ay it
    : @ otUr@BVna @make4 @ve@'re@ing@t's been@ a@
    : (Ooh@o @ g@
    : YX@ t@ know@nd @
    : N2@ how I'm feelJ
    : @iL4 up@6)E)8giL, n2giL
    : (G@ yX@
    : I justSannaxT47Gotta Munderstand0@eLrP@
    : 
    : We'Lqn eachQ for sClVgzr UarHFchJ butzKxoCshyxCsRInsideSe bothqShaHBoJ V
    : WeqxUBameF9weKPplR@
    : 8g68let4 down8runFrX9a9desert48Mcry8sayBoodbye8tTF lieF9hurt4@WeK nCstrangersxCloLzqxU rulesF9sCdCI
    : A full commitment'sShat I'mxhinkJ ofzSXldn'tBetxhis fromFnyQBuy31A9if4Fsk me7DV'txT me4KxoCbli9tCsee00
    : E,B6)E,B556)1300
    : """
    : for s in 'XVUTSRQPMLKJHFECBzxq9876543210':
    :  a,b=d.split('@',1)
    :  d=b.replace(s,a)
    : print d
    I could make it a little better, but could only spend 30 minutes or so.

    Added in edit: a small tweak gets it to 594 bytes - not included here.

  • by x1 on 6/1/2012, 1:08 PM

    The thing I find interesting is this simple task highlights a constant problem with programming: clarification. Looking at the utf8 example, who wins, the fewest bytes or the fewest characters? It's always those little details that tend to cause the biggest issues.

  • by Akram on 6/1/2012, 1:08 PM

    I wonder how long the program would be if written in Malbolge. http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-malbolge-995.html

  • by on 6/1/2012, 5:44 PM

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  • by ctdonath on 6/1/2012, 5:45 PM

    I started writing a solution in Google Blockly, but alas it does not yet save programs, and procedures have incomplete implementation.

  • by on 6/1/2012, 3:37 PM

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  • by ibotty on 6/1/2012, 12:25 PM

    the sed one is great!

  • by n-gauge on 6/1/2012, 2:32 PM

    104 bytes:

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