[dba-Tech] Binary tetris

Hi Jim

Not to mention that this and its sister vehicle still are fully operational. Truly art of engineering.

/gustav


>>> accessd at shaw.ca 22-02-2012 21:10 >>>
Impressive...why 140 bytes?

The vehicle Voyager fired it rockets at exact times, turned its solar panels
to the sun and communication array to earth, converted wide spectrum photos
to binary, had a dozen more detectors running and communicated all this
information back to earth at appropriate times. It had just 64K memory for
storage and programs.

There is something truly eloquent in creating tight code.

Jim

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:20 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Binary tetris

Came across a site called 140byt.es, dedicated to programming in 140 bytes.
There's a version of tetris done in a single 140-byte function. It has
limitations,naturally, but it works. Sort of.

http://www.i-programmer.info/news/167/3799.html 

-- 
Arthur