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by russfink 26 days ago
TL;DR: the one entry implemented a subleq machine. Google it - it’s a One Instruction Set Computer (OISC). This made me smile. But it also raised a question: when were OISC’s first conceived? Would Apollo and computers of that era have benefitted from this insight?
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that entry won not because it "just" implemented subleq. Dude also made LLVM backend for it, drivers, set up full-on compiler and successfully did compile-and-run for tons of various programs
Given the Mandelbrot program is 450k probably not.
A mandelbrot under pure subleq made with the HSQ compiler (which a micro-C) would weight far less.