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Who would have thought it would be possible at all to finish a year of advent of code puzzles using #MetaLang ?
Check out how I pulled this of using this very readable code on arnoldvanhofwegen.com/the/unoffici...
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February 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I just completed all 25 days of Advent of Code 2015! #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com
Thanks to the wonderfull community and the Meta programming language by #MetaLang
Advent of Code 2024
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February 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
(...) All you have left is the usually less exciting tasks as testing and code cleanup.
I like real programming. I like #MetaLang
February 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The fun of programming computers is in the programming itself. You can program using ready to go libraries or even let chatGPT come up with code. It might work, but you did not really solve the programming issues and miss out on all the fun programming can be.
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February 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I just completed "Like a GIF For Your Yard" - Day 18 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/18 just do it with fun with #MetaLang
Day 18 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I just completed "Aunt Sue" - Day 16 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/16 instead of complications just reduced the list to just 24 and removed the remaining false positives. #MetaLang
Day 16 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I just completed "Science for Hungry People" - Day 15 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/15 #MetaLang Even at the relative simple challenges there are new things to be discovered. Fun in programming again!
Day 15 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I just completed "Reindeer Olympics" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/14 using #MetaLang
Day 14 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I've completed Part One of "Let It Snow" - Day 25 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/25 I jumped ahead to day 25, well those other stars are coming up soon using #MetaLang
Day 25 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I just completed "JSAbacusFramework.io" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/12 Part 1 is simple, part 2 complete unclear when a #foo spoils the whole bunch of the object, anyway solved #MetaLang
Day 12 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I just completed "Corporate Policy" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/11 Yes this one did not need a program! I made one nonetheless:
WRITE/LINE "answer1" WRITE/LINE "answer2" #MetaLang
Day 11 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I just completed "Elves Look, Elves Say" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/10 just do not use strings, that goes for all solutions. #MetaLang successful again!
Day 10 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I just completed "All in a Single Night" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/9 another Milestone for #MetaLang reached!
Day 9 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I just completed "Matchsticks" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/8 relative easy task #Metalang
Day 8 - Advent of Code 2015
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February 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I just completed "Some Assembly Required" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/7 COMPLETELY done using #MetaLang this should be awarded with a prize :-)
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2015
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January 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I just completed "Probably a Fire Hazard" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/6 It could have become if the brightness exceeded the 255 but also no problem for #MetaLang there.
Day 6 - Advent of Code 2015
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January 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I just completed "Doesn't He Have Intern-Elves For This?" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/5 Guess what? Yes! #MetaLang used. This was pretty straightforward.
Day 5 - Advent of Code 2015
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January 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I just completed "The Ideal Stocking Stuffer" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/4 using #MetaLang learned something new with this task!
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2015
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January 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I just completed "Perfectly Spherical Houses in a Vacuum" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/3 again using #MetaLang and the new specials page updated! Maybe I will finish before AoC 25!
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2015
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January 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I just completed "I Was Told There Would Be No Math" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/2 Create a Special on processing input arnoldvanhofwegen.com/the/unoffici... with #MetaLang
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2015
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January 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I just published BIG numbers arnoldvanhofwegen.com/the/unoffici... for Meta #MetaLang it uses a naive string representation, so a follow up will come in time.
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January 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Happy new year!!
Almost finished implementing naive bignumbers in Meta #MetaLang
January 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I've completed Part One of "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/14 using #MetaLang pretty tricky did everything right still got a wrong result... that was the *real* puzzle ;-)
Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
I just completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11 with cheating! Thanx community! Now going to figure out exactly how to do this in #MetaLang
Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 13, 2024 at 2:09 PM
I've completed Part One of "Guard Gallivant" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/6
Please stop Wastl-ing our time! ;-)
Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 13, 2024 at 1:44 PM