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    \$\begingroup\$ I had a look at 05AB1E. It almost works very easily; the main issues are Hexagony (this one's easily solvable), Pip, and Japt. (The problem is that Pip comments start with two spaces, and Japt doesn't like that at all, because a space is the equivalent of a closing parenthesis; this causes Japt to add opening parentheses to the start of the program to balance, leading to a syntax error because the closing parentheses are commented out.) 05AB1E next still seems like a good idea – it'll output 26 for almost any program ending 26 – but maybe you'll have to move the Pip earlier. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Dec 14, 2016 at 15:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ Followup: $// works as a comment marker in Japt that's happy to see spaces later on the line. I might have another try in a bit, but if someone else wants to get there first, go for it; testing a program in 26 different languages is exhausting. (Also, it's too late to edit my previous comment, but I should have said "almost any program ending "26".) \$\endgroup\$ Commented Dec 14, 2016 at 15:44
  • \$\begingroup\$ @ais523 Agree about tiring testing, such hard work! What's annoying is finding a problem in Japt and having to re-test the others! I did really enjoy this challenge though. I wonder if there's a record for the smallest polyglot with most languages... \$\endgroup\$ Commented Dec 14, 2016 at 15:45
  • \$\begingroup\$ The problem is precisely that // is a comment marker in Japt, but Japt doesn't know it's a comment marker, so it tries to balance parentheses in it and ends up making things worse. $// avoids that problem by telling it not to parse the stuff until the next dollar. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Dec 14, 2016 at 15:46