Totally sick duuuude

@manuel:
ok, but how about using turbo-r emulation? most characters will go wrong because of its weird keymap.

DarQ: yes, use the IPS patch to let it have a European keyboard when openMSX 0.5.1 comes out

Of course we should fix this once for real.

Looking for: Japanese PC-keyboards!

For the few that are not aware of the C variant (which started in 1984) of this contest, the website (www.ioccc.org) of the IOCCC contains a lot of inspiring code. It's C, but that doesn't mean some of the concepts can't be applied to MSX Basic.

Usually first program to write on any language is "Hello World"... Here is my version for MSX-BASIC

1 DEFSTRO:O="Obkkh'Phukc&":POKE-189,&HEE:KA=KA+1TOLEN(O):XCHR$(ASC(MID$(O,A,-NOTE))XOR7);:J:Q-&O275,201

did I tell you're all scary?

I must agree, that I have currently exceeded a bit even my own expectations of writing MSX-BASIC all wrong!

... but scary? Heck, this is not even close to scary yet! Other fraction of my mind is currently working with entry, that is capable of expanding it's command set, self modifying and progressive evolveing. I hope, it will finish it's job next week.

At first stage the code will start expanding the BASIC command set to be able to take over the development, then it will start adding and deleting parts of it's source untill it gains the final basic stucture. After that it starts to modify and run it self in a loop without clear preprogrammed pattern, so after this point you will not be able to know when it was started or how many generations it has "lived".

The current version has already tools to modify it self and basic understanding of it's structure, at the moment it anyway has also pretty bad self destruction habits, that slow down the development. Anyway, back to the topic... I think, that when it is released, it might be a bit scary.

Should I consider the 'hello world' code to be the 4th entry?

NYYRIKKI: you rule...

_o_

Snout:

I think yes... I was trying to show that even a very short program can be totally unreadable.

BTW If you like, I don't mind at all, if you make this MRC offical competition. If we give people for example this year to make their programs, I think, that no one is privileged. I started same time I suggested this idea and I think, that this can be great fun. The point is, that you can participate with very little effort! If you like, you can also exclude my entrys from the offical results as I made the rules.

hehehe it seems like a lot of fun though comepletely undecipherable code and seemingly puposeless programs... one day,when AI is advanced enough,it will swap all existing programs one by one into these scary little programs...

STARTING IN FINLAND !!!!

basically Nyyrikki you have no idea what you're doing... the future of the world is in your hands and you're playing with it as if it's a cheap toy !
PERKELE !!!

There is escape sequence, that should be impossible for the program to take over, but even if that fails, you always have power switch, so don't worry about world domination

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PERKELE !!!

Yup, the same guy, seen my mail address?

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don't worry about world domination

Why do I suddenly feel this urge to (re)play Day of the Tentacle?