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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Beste wensen voor 2026 aan allen! Cursus Nederlands: Beste = Best wensen = wishes voor = for 2026 = 2000 and 20 6 aan = to allen = all

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

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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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

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

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

(...) All you have left is the usually less exciting tasks as testing and code cleanup. I like real programming. I like #MetaLang

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

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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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

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!

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I just completed "Reindeer Olympics" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/14 using #MetaLang

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

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

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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!

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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!

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I just completed "Matchsticks" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2015 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2015/day/8 relative easy task #Metalang

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

See the award shine arnoldvanhofwegen.com/the/unoffici... at Day 7!

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Thank you very, very much!! That means a lot to me! I will show it off from now!! :-D

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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 :-)

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

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.

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

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.

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

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!

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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!

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Where can I get some? I could use more followers ;-)

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

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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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Looks like there is a 'ranking', putting you on 164th place with 139 used characters so Codegolfing your solution back gives me write{ \O/ +--------+--------+ }repeat 2[repeat 8[write{! ! ! }]write{+--------+--------+ }] Using 113 characters (4 new-lines)

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy new year!! Almost finished implementing naive bignumbers in Meta #MetaLang

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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 ;-)

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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! ;-)

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

All of my inputs nicely return to single digit entries within a few iterations. Except for 1. 5687836. Even if I throw out every single digit, and every power of 2 digit long numbers, the list expands beyond what my computer allows.

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I've completed Part One of "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11 Sorry 25 iterations halted down my poor PC, not going for 75 :-(

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4 Everybody solving these should be fired from their job ;-)

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3 using Meta #MetaLang this one was tricky. Still running a bit behind.

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2 using Meta #MetaLang

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1/ using Meta #MetaLang

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I have posted a new Specials page on sorting with Meta arnoldvanhofwegen.com/the/unoffici... featuring Radix sort #Metalanguage #Metaproject

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Also a Special about the iterative backtracking solution that has been applied to solve some of the tasks there. Enjoy real programming again? Join the effort

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I published my take on the Informatics Olympiad of the Netherlands 2024-2025 using the Meta programming language language.metaproject.frl on my Specials section arnoldvanhofwegen.com/the/unoffici...

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Computers have been replaced by other computers all the time.

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 19/07/2024

I saw an expert talking about how this was a problem... from behind her Macbook 😂

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 30/05/2024

The latest addition to the Unofficial Meta Programming Language Documentation is arnoldvanhofwegen.com/the/unoffici... that lists all available / implemented (Atari) 6502 assembly instructions in Meta. #MetaLang

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Meta types Dictionary

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 22/05/2024

It keeps getting better with each iteration. This is true agile development.

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Meta Language @language.metaproject.frl · 19/05/2024

Implemented the "break" and "continue" loop control methods in our Meta #language. They're the same as in #REBOL 3, and #C and other C style languages. Other REBOL family languages have "break", but not "continue". #MetaLang #dev #code www.rebol.com/r3/docs/conc... www.rebol.com/r3/docs/func...

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REBOL 3 Concepts: Expressions: Loops

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Meta Language @language.metaproject.frl · 14/05/2024

"Simplicity is very hard to design, but it's easier to build and much easier to maintain. By avoiding complexity, simplicity's benefits are exponential." "Things will get so complex, so slow, they'll just grind to a halt." language.metaproject.frl#muda

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

versus implementation issue mostly.

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

As always there is another point in arithmetic order. If we have an expression like 3ab + 2cd we do not mean to add 2 to the 3 * a * b first and only after that go and multiply our result by c and then by d. But I consider this a mathematics (lazy in notation and avoiding parenthesis)

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

generally accepted rules. It is better imo to use parenthesis to be sure, they cost close to nothing and clear up all ambiguity.

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iarnold.bsky.social @iarnold.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

This is better, because operator precedence is kind of arbitrary anyway. It is just another agreement on how this will be computed so you can talk about the same amounts/results. Most old school calculators used the output from previous action as input for the next and so disregarding the

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Meta Language @language.metaproject.frl · 31/03/2024

We wrote the PWD/CD #CommandLine tool in the Meta #programming #language and analysed the #efficiency of the produced executable between implementations and platforms. Ours is much smaller and #portable from #8bit home computers to #64bit #PC. #MetaLang #dev #code #LowCode #CrossPlatform #Muda

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First DOS tool in new programming language

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