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93% of paint splatters are valid Perl programs (2019)
TLDR: read the paper and view the gallery of pretty Perl programs. In this paper, we aim to answer a long-standing open problem in the programming languages community: is it possible to smear paint on the wall without creating valid Perl?
- Points
- 515
- HN comments
- 287
- Submissions
- 2
- Cited by
- 16 commenters
Software EngineeringProgramming Languages2024
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2024 | 93% of paint splatters are valid Perl programs (2019) by ellieh | 515 | 124 |
| Jul 23, 2021 | 93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019) by codetrotter | 431 | 163 |
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Linked from 16 Hacker News comments by 16 different people, from Jul 2021 to Oct 2026.
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