Advent of Code example

[Anton-4]

This example should show off a typical advent of code solution and best practices/tips like this one.

[Zaydiscool777]

Are you sure this is high priority?

[lukewilliamboswell]

I think the key thing we want to highlight here is that it's ok to use List U8 and converting a Str using Str.toUtf8 for some problems. Having an Advent of Code example would be very helpful to direct people to. It can explain this in a context that is concrete and specific, unblocking people.

There are other Advent of Code examples around if people go looking, but they aren't always kept up to date with the latest language features.

I agree with Anton this is a priority, particularly with AoC coming up and much having changed since last year.

Though this should be a pretty small example I think, mostly just to help people see the key features in one place (like maybe importing/ingesting files etc).

[Anton-4]

💯 Luke said it well :)

[Anton-4]

Making this example will require less time than explaining the same things repeatedly on zulip.