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Your task is to write a program, function or snippet (yes, snippets are allowed) that simply outputs an integer. However, you must be able to separate your submission into prefixes that also produce distinct integers. You cannot use any bytes that have appeared in previous prefixes. For example, we can have the prefixes:



1         # 1    (Now we can't use 1)
1-6 # -5 (Now we can't use - or 6)
1-6/3 # -1 (Now we can't use / or 3)
1-6/2+0xA # 9 Final submission


Rules




  • Your goal is to create to try and create the most unique integers, while keeping them close to zero.


    • The scoring system is ((number of unique integers)**3)/(sum of absolute values), where the higher your score, the better. The above example scores $(4^3)/(1+lvert-5rvert+lvert-1rvert+9) = 64/16 = 4$.



  • There should be at least two unique integers (no dividing by zero!)

  • Please format your answer similar to:


# Language, $(4^{3})/16 = 4$

1-6/2+0xA (the full program)



  • Mention if your submission is composed of snippets that evaluate to a value, functions or full programs.

  • List each of the prefixes and (optionally) an explanation for how they work.










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    Any chance we could reuse whitespace characters?
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    Can we look at out own code cheating-quine style, like with open(__file__) in Python?
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    The Final submission line appears to have swapped the 3 for a 2 (I haven't edited to correct this in case I've misunderstood)
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    It looks to me like you can get a near-optimal score in Python by writing print 123-len(open(__file__).read()) followed by # then one of each byte not used so far (except some control characters), with prefixes chopping those bytes. Adjust 123 to whatever centers the range of outputs around 0. For a better score, the non-comment part of the program can be rewritten using only the 7 distinct characters that are universal for Python. Is this all valid?
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Your task is to write a program, function or snippet (yes, snippets are allowed) that simply outputs an integer. However, you must be able to separate your submission into prefixes that also produce distinct integers. You cannot use any bytes that have appeared in previous prefixes. For example, we can have the prefixes:



1         # 1    (Now we can't use 1)
1-6 # -5 (Now we can't use - or 6)
1-6/3 # -1 (Now we can't use / or 3)
1-6/2+0xA # 9 Final submission


Rules




  • Your goal is to create to try and create the most unique integers, while keeping them close to zero.


    • The scoring system is ((number of unique integers)**3)/(sum of absolute values), where the higher your score, the better. The above example scores $(4^3)/(1+lvert-5rvert+lvert-1rvert+9) = 64/16 = 4$.



  • There should be at least two unique integers (no dividing by zero!)

  • Please format your answer similar to:


# Language, $(4^{3})/16 = 4$

1-6/2+0xA (the full program)



  • Mention if your submission is composed of snippets that evaluate to a value, functions or full programs.

  • List each of the prefixes and (optionally) an explanation for how they work.










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    Any chance we could reuse whitespace characters?
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    Can we look at out own code cheating-quine style, like with open(__file__) in Python?
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    The Final submission line appears to have swapped the 3 for a 2 (I haven't edited to correct this in case I've misunderstood)
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    It looks to me like you can get a near-optimal score in Python by writing print 123-len(open(__file__).read()) followed by # then one of each byte not used so far (except some control characters), with prefixes chopping those bytes. Adjust 123 to whatever centers the range of outputs around 0. For a better score, the non-comment part of the program can be rewritten using only the 7 distinct characters that are universal for Python. Is this all valid?
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Your task is to write a program, function or snippet (yes, snippets are allowed) that simply outputs an integer. However, you must be able to separate your submission into prefixes that also produce distinct integers. You cannot use any bytes that have appeared in previous prefixes. For example, we can have the prefixes:



1         # 1    (Now we can't use 1)
1-6 # -5 (Now we can't use - or 6)
1-6/3 # -1 (Now we can't use / or 3)
1-6/2+0xA # 9 Final submission


Rules




  • Your goal is to create to try and create the most unique integers, while keeping them close to zero.


    • The scoring system is ((number of unique integers)**3)/(sum of absolute values), where the higher your score, the better. The above example scores $(4^3)/(1+lvert-5rvert+lvert-1rvert+9) = 64/16 = 4$.



  • There should be at least two unique integers (no dividing by zero!)

  • Please format your answer similar to:


# Language, $(4^{3})/16 = 4$

1-6/2+0xA (the full program)



  • Mention if your submission is composed of snippets that evaluate to a value, functions or full programs.

  • List each of the prefixes and (optionally) an explanation for how they work.










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Your task is to write a program, function or snippet (yes, snippets are allowed) that simply outputs an integer. However, you must be able to separate your submission into prefixes that also produce distinct integers. You cannot use any bytes that have appeared in previous prefixes. For example, we can have the prefixes:



1         # 1    (Now we can't use 1)
1-6 # -5 (Now we can't use - or 6)
1-6/3 # -1 (Now we can't use / or 3)
1-6/2+0xA # 9 Final submission


Rules




  • Your goal is to create to try and create the most unique integers, while keeping them close to zero.


    • The scoring system is ((number of unique integers)**3)/(sum of absolute values), where the higher your score, the better. The above example scores $(4^3)/(1+lvert-5rvert+lvert-1rvert+9) = 64/16 = 4$.



  • There should be at least two unique integers (no dividing by zero!)

  • Please format your answer similar to:


# Language, $(4^{3})/16 = 4$

1-6/2+0xA (the full program)



  • Mention if your submission is composed of snippets that evaluate to a value, functions or full programs.

  • List each of the prefixes and (optionally) an explanation for how they work.







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    Any chance we could reuse whitespace characters?
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    Can we look at out own code cheating-quine style, like with open(__file__) in Python?
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    The Final submission line appears to have swapped the 3 for a 2 (I haven't edited to correct this in case I've misunderstood)
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    It looks to me like you can get a near-optimal score in Python by writing print 123-len(open(__file__).read()) followed by # then one of each byte not used so far (except some control characters), with prefixes chopping those bytes. Adjust 123 to whatever centers the range of outputs around 0. For a better score, the non-comment part of the program can be rewritten using only the 7 distinct characters that are universal for Python. Is this all valid?
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    @JoKing I do include negatives, when the difference is negative.
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    Any chance we could reuse whitespace characters?
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    Can we look at out own code cheating-quine style, like with open(__file__) in Python?
    $endgroup$
    – xnor
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    The Final submission line appears to have swapped the 3 for a 2 (I haven't edited to correct this in case I've misunderstood)
    $endgroup$
    – trichoplax
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    It looks to me like you can get a near-optimal score in Python by writing print 123-len(open(__file__).read()) followed by # then one of each byte not used so far (except some control characters), with prefixes chopping those bytes. Adjust 123 to whatever centers the range of outputs around 0. For a better score, the non-comment part of the program can be rewritten using only the 7 distinct characters that are universal for Python. Is this all valid?
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    @JoKing I do include negatives, when the difference is negative.
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Any chance we could reuse whitespace characters?
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Can we look at out own code cheating-quine style, like with open(__file__) in Python?
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– xnor
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Can we look at out own code cheating-quine style, like with open(__file__) in Python?
$endgroup$
– xnor
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The Final submission line appears to have swapped the 3 for a 2 (I haven't edited to correct this in case I've misunderstood)
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It looks to me like you can get a near-optimal score in Python by writing print 123-len(open(__file__).read()) followed by # then one of each byte not used so far (except some control characters), with prefixes chopping those bytes. Adjust 123 to whatever centers the range of outputs around 0. For a better score, the non-comment part of the program can be rewritten using only the 7 distinct characters that are universal for Python. Is this all valid?
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2 hours ago






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It looks to me like you can get a near-optimal score in Python by writing print 123-len(open(__file__).read()) followed by # then one of each byte not used so far (except some control characters), with prefixes chopping those bytes. Adjust 123 to whatever centers the range of outputs around 0. For a better score, the non-comment part of the program can be rewritten using only the 7 distinct characters that are universal for Python. Is this all valid?
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vim, 14³ / 53 = 51.77



i10<esc>X<c-x>r2hx<c-a>Pa<del>4<c-c>d^s5<c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o>C6<c-h>7


Try it online! (all prefixes)



Breakdown:



i1                  1
0 10
<esc>X 0
<c-x> -1 <c-x> decrements
r2 -2
hx 2 hx is X, but we've already used that
<c-a> 3 <c-a> increments
P -3 paste the - from two steps ago
a<del>4 -4
<c-c>d^ 4 <c-c> is an <esc> alternative
s5 5
<c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o> -5 <c-o> allows a single normal mode input
C6 -6 trailing <c-o> from previous line used here
<c-h>7 -7 <c-h> = backspace





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    TI-BASIC (TI-84+ CE), $238^3/14161 = 952.0$



    118-length("+×/ABCDEFGHIJK...


    The 256 bytes in TI-BASIC break down thusly:




    • 240 bytes are one-byte tokens that can be quoted

    • 11 are the start of two-byte tokens

    • 2 are unused

    • The remaining 3 are the ",, and newline characters which break strings.


    The string contains all 237 allowable bytes in the first category not already in 118-length(.



    The program calculates 238 distinct integers, ranging from 118 down to -119. The score is therefore $$ frac{238^3}{sum_{n = -119}^{118} |n|} = 952.$$






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      Lenguage, 256³ / 16384 = 1024



      The source code of the solution can be described as follows:



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      Each run of identical bytes combined with the previous runs constitutes a prefix, and the full program is all the strings described above concatenated.



      This is an optimal score. (The programs print all numbers from -127 to 128 inclusive.)



      To create this answer, first, I copied the Java answer here for generating brainfuck programs to print a string. I ran it with this main function:



      public static void main(String args) {
      for (int i = -127; i <= 128; ++i) generate(""+i);
      }


      Then, I ran this Ruby script to generate the human-readable text shown here:



      #!/usr/bin/ruby
      nums = File.open('f').map do |line|
      line.chomp.sub(/^+/, '>+').chars.map{|ch|
      '+-><.,'.index(ch).to_s(3).rjust(3,?0)
      }.join.to_i 3
      end
      puts ([0]+nums.sort).each_cons(2).map.with_index{|x,i|"#{x[1]-x[0]} 0x#{i.to_s(16).rjust(2,?0).upcase} bytes"}*"n"


      The largest program is 3594571896764310192036774345469579167648804468538578264427 bytes long (and prints -90).






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      Python 3, $(6^{3})/12 = 18$



      0x1-2+3|True*~4


      This is a snippet.



      The individual prefix snippets are:



      0          # gives 0

      0x1 # gives 1 (hex syntax)

      0x1-2 # gives -1 (1 minus 2)

      0x1-2+3 # gives 2 (-1 plus 3)

      0x1-2+3|True # gives 3 (True == 1; 2 bitwise-OR 1 == 3)

      0x1-2+3|True*~4 # gives -5 (~4 == -5; True*~4 == -5; 2|-5 == -5)


      Python's bitwise operators treat negative integers as two's complement with unlimited 1s to the right, so -5 is treated as ...11111011, which when ORed with ...000010 gives ...11111011 unchanged.






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        Python 2, $11^3/53 = 25.1132075472$



        015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b')


        Prefixes:



        0                                   # 0

        01 # 1

        015 # 13 (octal)

        015-8 # 5

        015-8*2 # -3

        015-8*2+6 # 3

        015-8*2+6/3 # -1

        015-8*2+6/3&9 # 9 (-1 bitwise-AND 9 = 9)

        015-8*2+6/3&9%7 # 2

        015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4 # 4

        015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b') # 12 (4 bitwise-XOR 8 -- OR would also work)


        Not optimal, but the best I could personally find with this particular structure.






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          vim, 14³ / 53 = 51.77



          i10<esc>X<c-x>r2hx<c-a>Pa<del>4<c-c>d^s5<c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o>C6<c-h>7


          Try it online! (all prefixes)



          Breakdown:



          i1                  1
          0 10
          <esc>X 0
          <c-x> -1 <c-x> decrements
          r2 -2
          hx 2 hx is X, but we've already used that
          <c-a> 3 <c-a> increments
          P -3 paste the - from two steps ago
          a<del>4 -4
          <c-c>d^ 4 <c-c> is an <esc> alternative
          s5 5
          <c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o> -5 <c-o> allows a single normal mode input
          C6 -6 trailing <c-o> from previous line used here
          <c-h>7 -7 <c-h> = backspace





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            vim, 14³ / 53 = 51.77



            i10<esc>X<c-x>r2hx<c-a>Pa<del>4<c-c>d^s5<c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o>C6<c-h>7


            Try it online! (all prefixes)



            Breakdown:



            i1                  1
            0 10
            <esc>X 0
            <c-x> -1 <c-x> decrements
            r2 -2
            hx 2 hx is X, but we've already used that
            <c-a> 3 <c-a> increments
            P -3 paste the - from two steps ago
            a<del>4 -4
            <c-c>d^ 4 <c-c> is an <esc> alternative
            s5 5
            <c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o> -5 <c-o> allows a single normal mode input
            C6 -6 trailing <c-o> from previous line used here
            <c-h>7 -7 <c-h> = backspace





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              vim, 14³ / 53 = 51.77



              i10<esc>X<c-x>r2hx<c-a>Pa<del>4<c-c>d^s5<c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o>C6<c-h>7


              Try it online! (all prefixes)



              Breakdown:



              i1                  1
              0 10
              <esc>X 0
              <c-x> -1 <c-x> decrements
              r2 -2
              hx 2 hx is X, but we've already used that
              <c-a> 3 <c-a> increments
              P -3 paste the - from two steps ago
              a<del>4 -4
              <c-c>d^ 4 <c-c> is an <esc> alternative
              s5 5
              <c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o> -5 <c-o> allows a single normal mode input
              C6 -6 trailing <c-o> from previous line used here
              <c-h>7 -7 <c-h> = backspace





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              vim, 14³ / 53 = 51.77



              i10<esc>X<c-x>r2hx<c-a>Pa<del>4<c-c>d^s5<c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o>C6<c-h>7


              Try it online! (all prefixes)



              Breakdown:



              i1                  1
              0 10
              <esc>X 0
              <c-x> -1 <c-x> decrements
              r2 -2
              hx 2 hx is X, but we've already used that
              <c-a> 3 <c-a> increments
              P -3 paste the - from two steps ago
              a<del>4 -4
              <c-c>d^ 4 <c-c> is an <esc> alternative
              s5 5
              <c-o>I-<c-o>$<c-o> -5 <c-o> allows a single normal mode input
              C6 -6 trailing <c-o> from previous line used here
              <c-h>7 -7 <c-h> = backspace






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                  TI-BASIC (TI-84+ CE), $238^3/14161 = 952.0$



                  118-length("+×/ABCDEFGHIJK...


                  The 256 bytes in TI-BASIC break down thusly:




                  • 240 bytes are one-byte tokens that can be quoted

                  • 11 are the start of two-byte tokens

                  • 2 are unused

                  • The remaining 3 are the ",, and newline characters which break strings.


                  The string contains all 237 allowable bytes in the first category not already in 118-length(.



                  The program calculates 238 distinct integers, ranging from 118 down to -119. The score is therefore $$ frac{238^3}{sum_{n = -119}^{118} |n|} = 952.$$






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                    TI-BASIC (TI-84+ CE), $238^3/14161 = 952.0$



                    118-length("+×/ABCDEFGHIJK...


                    The 256 bytes in TI-BASIC break down thusly:




                    • 240 bytes are one-byte tokens that can be quoted

                    • 11 are the start of two-byte tokens

                    • 2 are unused

                    • The remaining 3 are the ",, and newline characters which break strings.


                    The string contains all 237 allowable bytes in the first category not already in 118-length(.



                    The program calculates 238 distinct integers, ranging from 118 down to -119. The score is therefore $$ frac{238^3}{sum_{n = -119}^{118} |n|} = 952.$$






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                      $begingroup$

                      TI-BASIC (TI-84+ CE), $238^3/14161 = 952.0$



                      118-length("+×/ABCDEFGHIJK...


                      The 256 bytes in TI-BASIC break down thusly:




                      • 240 bytes are one-byte tokens that can be quoted

                      • 11 are the start of two-byte tokens

                      • 2 are unused

                      • The remaining 3 are the ",, and newline characters which break strings.


                      The string contains all 237 allowable bytes in the first category not already in 118-length(.



                      The program calculates 238 distinct integers, ranging from 118 down to -119. The score is therefore $$ frac{238^3}{sum_{n = -119}^{118} |n|} = 952.$$






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                      TI-BASIC (TI-84+ CE), $238^3/14161 = 952.0$



                      118-length("+×/ABCDEFGHIJK...


                      The 256 bytes in TI-BASIC break down thusly:




                      • 240 bytes are one-byte tokens that can be quoted

                      • 11 are the start of two-byte tokens

                      • 2 are unused

                      • The remaining 3 are the ",, and newline characters which break strings.


                      The string contains all 237 allowable bytes in the first category not already in 118-length(.



                      The program calculates 238 distinct integers, ranging from 118 down to -119. The score is therefore $$ frac{238^3}{sum_{n = -119}^{118} |n|} = 952.$$







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                          Lenguage, 256³ / 16384 = 1024



                          The source code of the solution can be described as follows:



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                          Each run of identical bytes combined with the previous runs constitutes a prefix, and the full program is all the strings described above concatenated.



                          This is an optimal score. (The programs print all numbers from -127 to 128 inclusive.)



                          To create this answer, first, I copied the Java answer here for generating brainfuck programs to print a string. I ran it with this main function:



                          public static void main(String args) {
                          for (int i = -127; i <= 128; ++i) generate(""+i);
                          }


                          Then, I ran this Ruby script to generate the human-readable text shown here:



                          #!/usr/bin/ruby
                          nums = File.open('f').map do |line|
                          line.chomp.sub(/^+/, '>+').chars.map{|ch|
                          '+-><.,'.index(ch).to_s(3).rjust(3,?0)
                          }.join.to_i 3
                          end
                          puts ([0]+nums.sort).each_cons(2).map.with_index{|x,i|"#{x[1]-x[0]} 0x#{i.to_s(16).rjust(2,?0).upcase} bytes"}*"n"


                          The largest program is 3594571896764310192036774345469579167648804468538578264427 bytes long (and prints -90).






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                          Lenguage, 256³ / 16384 = 1024



                          The source code of the solution can be described as follows:



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                          Each run of identical bytes combined with the previous runs constitutes a prefix, and the full program is all the strings described above concatenated.



                          This is an optimal score. (The programs print all numbers from -127 to 128 inclusive.)



                          To create this answer, first, I copied the Java answer here for generating brainfuck programs to print a string. I ran it with this main function:



                          public static void main(String args) {
                          for (int i = -127; i <= 128; ++i) generate(""+i);
                          }


                          Then, I ran this Ruby script to generate the human-readable text shown here:



                          #!/usr/bin/ruby
                          nums = File.open('f').map do |line|
                          line.chomp.sub(/^+/, '>+').chars.map{|ch|
                          '+-><.,'.index(ch).to_s(3).rjust(3,?0)
                          }.join.to_i 3
                          end
                          puts ([0]+nums.sort).each_cons(2).map.with_index{|x,i|"#{x[1]-x[0]} 0x#{i.to_s(16).rjust(2,?0).upcase} bytes"}*"n"


                          The largest program is 3594571896764310192036774345469579167648804468538578264427 bytes long (and prints -90).






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                          Lenguage, 256³ / 16384 = 1024



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                          Each run of identical bytes combined with the previous runs constitutes a prefix, and the full program is all the strings described above concatenated.



                          This is an optimal score. (The programs print all numbers from -127 to 128 inclusive.)



                          To create this answer, first, I copied the Java answer here for generating brainfuck programs to print a string. I ran it with this main function:



                          public static void main(String args) {
                          for (int i = -127; i <= 128; ++i) generate(""+i);
                          }


                          Then, I ran this Ruby script to generate the human-readable text shown here:



                          #!/usr/bin/ruby
                          nums = File.open('f').map do |line|
                          line.chomp.sub(/^+/, '>+').chars.map{|ch|
                          '+-><.,'.index(ch).to_s(3).rjust(3,?0)
                          }.join.to_i 3
                          end
                          puts ([0]+nums.sort).each_cons(2).map.with_index{|x,i|"#{x[1]-x[0]} 0x#{i.to_s(16).rjust(2,?0).upcase} bytes"}*"n"


                          The largest program is 3594571896764310192036774345469579167648804468538578264427 bytes long (and prints -90).






                          share|improve this answer









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                          Lenguage, 256³ / 16384 = 1024



                          The source code of the solution can be described as follows:



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                          Each run of identical bytes combined with the previous runs constitutes a prefix, and the full program is all the strings described above concatenated.



                          This is an optimal score. (The programs print all numbers from -127 to 128 inclusive.)



                          To create this answer, first, I copied the Java answer here for generating brainfuck programs to print a string. I ran it with this main function:



                          public static void main(String args) {
                          for (int i = -127; i <= 128; ++i) generate(""+i);
                          }


                          Then, I ran this Ruby script to generate the human-readable text shown here:



                          #!/usr/bin/ruby
                          nums = File.open('f').map do |line|
                          line.chomp.sub(/^+/, '>+').chars.map{|ch|
                          '+-><.,'.index(ch).to_s(3).rjust(3,?0)
                          }.join.to_i 3
                          end
                          puts ([0]+nums.sort).each_cons(2).map.with_index{|x,i|"#{x[1]-x[0]} 0x#{i.to_s(16).rjust(2,?0).upcase} bytes"}*"n"


                          The largest program is 3594571896764310192036774345469579167648804468538578264427 bytes long (and prints -90).







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                          Python 3, $(6^{3})/12 = 18$



                          0x1-2+3|True*~4


                          This is a snippet.



                          The individual prefix snippets are:



                          0          # gives 0

                          0x1 # gives 1 (hex syntax)

                          0x1-2 # gives -1 (1 minus 2)

                          0x1-2+3 # gives 2 (-1 plus 3)

                          0x1-2+3|True # gives 3 (True == 1; 2 bitwise-OR 1 == 3)

                          0x1-2+3|True*~4 # gives -5 (~4 == -5; True*~4 == -5; 2|-5 == -5)


                          Python's bitwise operators treat negative integers as two's complement with unlimited 1s to the right, so -5 is treated as ...11111011, which when ORed with ...000010 gives ...11111011 unchanged.






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                            $begingroup$

                            Python 3, $(6^{3})/12 = 18$



                            0x1-2+3|True*~4


                            This is a snippet.



                            The individual prefix snippets are:



                            0          # gives 0

                            0x1 # gives 1 (hex syntax)

                            0x1-2 # gives -1 (1 minus 2)

                            0x1-2+3 # gives 2 (-1 plus 3)

                            0x1-2+3|True # gives 3 (True == 1; 2 bitwise-OR 1 == 3)

                            0x1-2+3|True*~4 # gives -5 (~4 == -5; True*~4 == -5; 2|-5 == -5)


                            Python's bitwise operators treat negative integers as two's complement with unlimited 1s to the right, so -5 is treated as ...11111011, which when ORed with ...000010 gives ...11111011 unchanged.






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                              $begingroup$

                              Python 3, $(6^{3})/12 = 18$



                              0x1-2+3|True*~4


                              This is a snippet.



                              The individual prefix snippets are:



                              0          # gives 0

                              0x1 # gives 1 (hex syntax)

                              0x1-2 # gives -1 (1 minus 2)

                              0x1-2+3 # gives 2 (-1 plus 3)

                              0x1-2+3|True # gives 3 (True == 1; 2 bitwise-OR 1 == 3)

                              0x1-2+3|True*~4 # gives -5 (~4 == -5; True*~4 == -5; 2|-5 == -5)


                              Python's bitwise operators treat negative integers as two's complement with unlimited 1s to the right, so -5 is treated as ...11111011, which when ORed with ...000010 gives ...11111011 unchanged.






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                              $endgroup$



                              Python 3, $(6^{3})/12 = 18$



                              0x1-2+3|True*~4


                              This is a snippet.



                              The individual prefix snippets are:



                              0          # gives 0

                              0x1 # gives 1 (hex syntax)

                              0x1-2 # gives -1 (1 minus 2)

                              0x1-2+3 # gives 2 (-1 plus 3)

                              0x1-2+3|True # gives 3 (True == 1; 2 bitwise-OR 1 == 3)

                              0x1-2+3|True*~4 # gives -5 (~4 == -5; True*~4 == -5; 2|-5 == -5)


                              Python's bitwise operators treat negative integers as two's complement with unlimited 1s to the right, so -5 is treated as ...11111011, which when ORed with ...000010 gives ...11111011 unchanged.







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                                  Python 2, $11^3/53 = 25.1132075472$



                                  015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b')


                                  Prefixes:



                                  0                                   # 0

                                  01 # 1

                                  015 # 13 (octal)

                                  015-8 # 5

                                  015-8*2 # -3

                                  015-8*2+6 # 3

                                  015-8*2+6/3 # -1

                                  015-8*2+6/3&9 # 9 (-1 bitwise-AND 9 = 9)

                                  015-8*2+6/3&9%7 # 2

                                  015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4 # 4

                                  015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b') # 12 (4 bitwise-XOR 8 -- OR would also work)


                                  Not optimal, but the best I could personally find with this particular structure.






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                                    Python 2, $11^3/53 = 25.1132075472$



                                    015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b')


                                    Prefixes:



                                    0                                   # 0

                                    01 # 1

                                    015 # 13 (octal)

                                    015-8 # 5

                                    015-8*2 # -3

                                    015-8*2+6 # 3

                                    015-8*2+6/3 # -1

                                    015-8*2+6/3&9 # 9 (-1 bitwise-AND 9 = 9)

                                    015-8*2+6/3&9%7 # 2

                                    015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4 # 4

                                    015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b') # 12 (4 bitwise-XOR 8 -- OR would also work)


                                    Not optimal, but the best I could personally find with this particular structure.






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                                      Python 2, $11^3/53 = 25.1132075472$



                                      015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b')


                                      Prefixes:



                                      0                                   # 0

                                      01 # 1

                                      015 # 13 (octal)

                                      015-8 # 5

                                      015-8*2 # -3

                                      015-8*2+6 # 3

                                      015-8*2+6/3 # -1

                                      015-8*2+6/3&9 # 9 (-1 bitwise-AND 9 = 9)

                                      015-8*2+6/3&9%7 # 2

                                      015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4 # 4

                                      015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b') # 12 (4 bitwise-XOR 8 -- OR would also work)


                                      Not optimal, but the best I could personally find with this particular structure.






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                                      Python 2, $11^3/53 = 25.1132075472$



                                      015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b')


                                      Prefixes:



                                      0                                   # 0

                                      01 # 1

                                      015 # 13 (octal)

                                      015-8 # 5

                                      015-8*2 # -3

                                      015-8*2+6 # 3

                                      015-8*2+6/3 # -1

                                      015-8*2+6/3&9 # 9 (-1 bitwise-AND 9 = 9)

                                      015-8*2+6/3&9%7 # 2

                                      015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4 # 4

                                      015-8*2+6/3&9%7ifelse 4^ord('b') # 12 (4 bitwise-XOR 8 -- OR would also work)


                                      Not optimal, but the best I could personally find with this particular structure.







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