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\$\begingroup\$ Is every symbol considered a byte in code golfing? Because some of your characters require more than a single byte. I don't mean to nit-pick, I'm genuinely wondering :) \$\endgroup\$

schroffl
– schroffl

2019-02-27 12:05:56 +00:00
Commented Feb 27, 2019 at 12:05
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\$\begingroup\$ Good question! A "byte" in golfing relates to the minimum file size required to store a program. The text used to visualize those bytes can be any bytes. I have chosen Code Page 437 to visualize my scripts, but the important part is the actual bytes that define the source code. \$\endgroup\$

maxb
– maxb

2019-02-27 13:07:45 +00:00
Commented Feb 27, 2019 at 13:07
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\$\begingroup\$ A good example of the number of characters and number of bytes being different is this answer. Here, the 'ԓ' character is actually 2 bytes, but the rest are 1 byte characters. \$\endgroup\$

maxb
– maxb

2019-02-27 13:08:53 +00:00
Commented Feb 27, 2019 at 13:08

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