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Are these answers duplicate?

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How do we close questions without an objective validity criterion?

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Does a literal string for a command line shell count as a “program”?

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Required tags on the main site [duplicate]

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What even is a “function” by our standards?

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Should language-specific code golf challenges be explicitly disallowed?

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Scoring Java lambdas with imports [duplicate]

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Congratulations, you're graduating!

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When is the best time to post a challenge for optimal views?

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Default for Code Golf: Input/Output methods

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How far can we take encodings?

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Would “Tips for optimization in XXX” be on-topic on main

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Should we consider the starting mechanism for Minecraft programs?

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Is it cheating to invent a language for code golf? [duplicate]

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J and GolfScript suck all the enjoyment out of Code Golf

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