In how many languages can you count to 10?
Ok, Lemmy, let's play a game!
Post how many languages in which you can count to ten, including your native language. If you like, provide which languages. I'm going to make a guess; after you've replied, come back and open the spoiler. If I'm right: upvote; if I'm wrong: downvote!
Bonus question: do you ever do your counting in a non-native language, just to make it more interesting?
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1. Python
python
for i in range(11):
print(i)
2. R
R
for (i in 0:10) {
print(i)
}
3. C/C++
c++
#include <iostream>
int main() {
for (int i = 0; i <= 10; ++i) {
std::cout << i << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
4. Java
java
public class CountToTen {
public static void main(String[] args) {
for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
System.out.println(i);
}
}
}
5. Lua
lua
for i = 0, 10 do print(i) end
6. Bash (Shell Script)
bash
for i in $(seq 0 10); do echo $i done
7. Batch (Windows Command Script)
batch
@echo off for /l %%i in (0,1,10) do ( echo %%i )
8. Go
go
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
for i := 0; i <= 10; i++ {
fmt.Println(i)
}
}
9. Rust
rust
fn main() {
for i in 0..=10 { // 0..=10 includes 10
println!("{}", i);
}
}
10. Zig
zig
const std = @import("std");
pub fn main() !void {
var i: i32 = 0;
while (i <= 10) {
std.debug.print("{}\n", .{i});
i += 1;
}
}
11. Scala
scala
for (i <- 0 to 10) {
println(i)
}
12. Fortran
fortran
program count_to_ten
implicit none
integer :: i
do i = 0, 10
print *, i
end do
end program count_to_ten
13. Haskell
haskell
main :: IO () main = mapM_ print [0..10]
14. Julia
julia
for i in 0:10
println(i)
end
If you didn't cheat that's actually pretty impressive.
Yes I cheated. To be fair, I used each of those languages at one point and knew how to do it but was to lazy to look it up again.
Edit: except Fortran
It is astonishingly easy to get basically any LLM to output a simple iteration from one to ten function in all of those languages, and more.
Here's Assembly:
section .data
newline db 0xA ; Newline character
section .bss
number resb 1 ; Reserve a byte for the number
section .text
global _start
_start:
mov ecx, 1 ; Start with 1
mov edx, 10 ; End with 10
loop_start:
cmp ecx, edx ; Compare ecx with edx
jg loop_end ; If ecx > edx, jump to loop_end
; Convert number to ASCII
add ecx, '0' ; Convert number to ASCII
mov [number], ecx ; Store the ASCII value in number
; Print the number
mov eax, 4 ; sys_write system call
mov ebx, 1 ; File descriptor 1 is stdout
mov ecx, number ; Pointer to the number
mov edx, 1 ; Number of bytes to write
int 0x80 ; Call kernel
; Print newline
mov eax, 4 ; sys_write system call
mov ebx, 1 ; File descriptor 1 is stdout
mov ecx, newline ; Pointer to the newline character
mov edx, 1 ; Number of bytes to write
int 0x80 ; Call kernel
sub ecx, '0' ; Convert ASCII back to number
inc ecx ; Increment the number
jmp loop_start ; Jump back to the start of the loop
loop_end:
; Exit the program
mov eax, 1 ; sys_exit system call
xor ebx, ebx ; Exit code 0
int 0x80 ; Call kernel
Here's FORTRAN
undefined
program iterate_from_one_to_ten
implicit none
integer :: i
! Loop from 1 to 10
do i = 1, 10
print *, i
end do
end program iterate_from_one_to_ten
Here's COBOL
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. IterateFromOneToTen.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-Counter PIC 9(2) VALUE 1.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
PERFORM VARYING WS-Counter FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL WS-Counter > 10
DISPLAY WS-Counter
END-PERFORM.
STOP RUN.
The assembly doesn't print 1-10, it prints 1-9 then :.
Why does that assembly code use a global variable for a loop value?? It's also ignoring register conventions (some registers need to be preserved before being modified by a function) which would probably break any codebase you use this in
Because it was generated by an LLM that assumes this one to ten iteration function is the entirety of all of what the code needs to do.
Nice. Surely you could manage Lisp (or Scheme)?
God. Haskell's monads give me nightmares.
class CountToTen is the perfect example of why I dislike Java.
I might be missing something, but don't most of these count from 0 to 10, not 1 to 10 as was requested?
Yes, that was on purpose