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Pyth, Maltysen, ≤4Pyth, Maltysen, ≤4

C.ZG

Brute force took so long that I did it faster manually.

Analysis

C (convert string to base 256 int) is the easiest way to generate a large number in Pyth, so it's probably the first character. If we convert from base 256, we get:

xÚKLJNIMKÏÈÌÊÎÉÍË/(,*.)-+¯¨¬

Hmm... not very illuminating.

Now G is the alphabet string "abc...z", which looks like it could be a source for a long string to feed into C. Looking through the docs I find:

.Z    Compresses or decompresses a string.

If we're dealing with compression here, it wouldn't be surprising to get all sorts of extended ASCII characters. Trying C.ZG then gave the answer.

Pyth, Maltysen, ≤4

C.ZG

Brute force took so long that I did it faster manually.

Analysis

C (convert string to base 256 int) is the easiest way to generate a large number in Pyth, so it's probably the first character. If we convert from base 256, we get:

xÚKLJNIMKÏÈÌÊÎÉÍË/(,*.)-+¯¨¬

Hmm... not very illuminating.

Now G is the alphabet string "abc...z", which looks like it could be a source for a long string to feed into C. Looking through the docs I find:

.Z    Compresses or decompresses a string.

If we're dealing with compression here, it wouldn't be surprising to get all sorts of extended ASCII characters. Trying C.ZG then gave the answer.

Pyth, Maltysen, ≤4

C.ZG

Brute force took so long that I did it faster manually.

Analysis

C (convert string to base 256 int) is the easiest way to generate a large number in Pyth, so it's probably the first character. If we convert from base 256, we get:

xÚKLJNIMKÏÈÌÊÎÉÍË/(,*.)-+¯¨¬

Hmm... not very illuminating.

Now G is the alphabet string "abc...z", which looks like it could be a source for a long string to feed into C. Looking through the docs I find:

.Z    Compresses or decompresses a string.

If we're dealing with compression here, it wouldn't be surprising to get all sorts of extended ASCII characters. Trying C.ZG then gave the answer.

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Pyth, Maltysen, ≤4

C.ZG

Brute force took so long that I did it faster manually.

Analysis

C (convert string to base 256 int) is the easiest way to generate a large number in Pyth, so it's probably the first character. If we convert from base 256, we get:

xÚKLJNIMKÏÈÌÊÎÉÍË/(,*.)-+¯¨¬

Hmm... not very illuminating.

Now G is the alphabet string "abc...z", which looks like it could be a source for a long string to feed into C. Looking through the docs I find:

.Z    Compresses or decompresses a string.

If we're dealing with compression here, it wouldn't be surprising to get all sorts of extended ASCII characters. Trying C.ZG then gave the answer.