Questions tagged [rosetta-stone]
In a Rosetta Stone challenge, the goal is to write a solution using as many programming languages as possible.
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12 with no 1234567890, but polyglot
This is my 12th question, so I thought of this idea.
Goal:
Output 12, with any preceding or trailing whitespace permitted
In as many languages as possible (where different versions or flags count as ...
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Pristine Polyglots
As the title says, you are to create a pristine program in as many languages as possible. A pristine program, taken from here, is:
Let's define a pristine program as a program that does not have any ...
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Build an alphabetised polyglot
As TIO can show, every letter of the Latin alphabet is represented when it comes to languages. For every letter there is at least 1 programming language whose name begins with that letter. Your task ...
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Polyglot self-interpreter time
Your task is to make a program which interprets the language it is run in, but also works in many languages.
Let's say you make a Brainfuck-Underload self-interpreglot, as it will be called. Run in ...
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Print your char count in words, in many languages
This challenge is inspired by my earlier challenge "Create a program that prints the amount of characters it has, in words".
This challenge's rules are simple: make a program that prints its ...
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A Multipurpose Quine
I personally love quines, but they all seem to be so... static. So why not create a quine that can do more.
Challenge
The challenge here is to create a quine that without any sort of input is a ...
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The Pyramid of Languages
Write a code that runs or compiles in as many programming languages as possible and prints a newline separated list of names of previous and current programming languages.
Every used language must ...
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404 - Unique 404 page not found
Inspired by a polyglot on the Stack Overflow 404 page:
Goal
Your goal is simple, to create a polyglot that outputs the number 404, and then terminate, in as many languages as possible.
Restrictions
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Hello World in Multiple Languages
Task
Create a program or a function that is valid in multiple programming languages, and when compiled/interpreted as a different language outputs "Hello, World!" in a different natural language.
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Polyglot the (non constant) OEIS!
Disclaimer: This is heavily inspired by "Polyglot the OEIS!" but fixes the problem that lead to closure (see the output section) and was re-posted as to not invalidate answers.
Introduction
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Polyglot the OEIS! [duplicate]
Note: This challenge has been moved to Polyglot the (non constant) OEIS! to avoid closure.
Introduction
We all know and love the on-line encyclopedia of integer sequences (OEIS). So what if we made ...
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Stealing sequences: Robbers
This is cops-and-robbers. This is the Robbers thread. For the cops thread, go here.
I've noticed a number of OEIS challenges since I joined the site. It seems only fair that we have a cops-and-robbers ...
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Stealing sequences: Cops
This is cops-and-robbers. This is the Cops thread. For the robbers thread, go here.
I've noticed a number of OEIS (On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences) challenges since I joined the site. It ...
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How high can you count in different languages?
Based on How high can you count? let us give an advantage to the polyglot people.
Challenge:
Your task is to write as many programs / functions / snippets as you can, where each one outputs / prints ...
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Sharing (characters) is Caring!
Overview
Consider the following task:
Given a positive integer n > 0, output its integer square root. The integer square root of a number n is the largest value of x where x2 ≤ n, usually ...
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