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Fun programming puzzler
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Problem:
Code a Morris Sequence.

Requirements:
- Use as few characters as possible. A character is defined by anything that is not a newline, tab, or space.
- Any programming language, esoteric or traditional, may be used.
- The program should be free of buffer overflows and an exception may never be thrown.
- Your program must be able to print out an infinite number of iterations.
- Each iteration must be printed and be on its own line.
- Any and all compilation arguments may be used.
- If the Extra Credit below is not used, the sequence must begin with "1" as the starting number.
- Assume the input is always valid.

Extra Credit:
Allow the user to input his own number to start the sequence.

Examples:

Input:
Code:
>>> morris

Output:
Code:
1
11
21
1211
111221
{And so on}

Input:
Code:
>>> morris 3

Output:
Code:
3
13
1113
3113
132113
{And so on}

Input:
Code:
>>> morris 131313

Output:
Code:
131313
111311131113
311331133113
13212321232113
{And so on}

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Fun programming puzzler - by Fiel - 2010-11-11, 02:36 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Jedward - 2010-11-11, 02:53 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Nikkey - 2010-11-11, 04:17 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by SaptaZapta - 2010-11-11, 04:40 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Nikkey - 2010-11-11, 05:11 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by DrRusty - 2010-11-11, 05:44 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by KajitiSouls - 2010-11-11, 06:57 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Stereo - 2010-11-11, 08:02 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Russt - 2010-11-11, 08:05 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Stereo - 2010-11-11, 08:38 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Fiel - 2010-11-12, 08:10 AM
Fun programming puzzler - by SaptaZapta - 2010-11-12, 09:04 AM
Fun programming puzzler - by Stereo - 2010-11-12, 12:29 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Dusk - 2010-11-12, 12:45 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Spaz - 2010-11-12, 12:48 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Fiel - 2010-11-12, 04:10 PM
Fun programming puzzler - by Russt - 2010-11-13, 02:16 AM

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