Matthias Lutter, “helloworld-pietbig.gif.” This is a Piet program that, with a codel size of 1, prints “Hello world!” but with a codel size of 2 prints “Piet” (courtesy Matthias Lutter) ...

With all the buzz about learning to code, I've decided to give it a try. The problem is, I'm not sure where to start. What's the best programming language for a beginner like me? That's probably ...

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