After pondering my improved Python algorithm for a while,
I was surprised to shave two further strokes from my previous best
legitimate Perl solution with this 56 stroker:
$\+=($n="1E@-"%9995)-$\%$n*2while$/=\1,IXCMVLD=~<>;print
Notice that this solution is a strange hybrid of regex and magic formula --
and so perhaps proves both Mtv's law of golf ("regexes always win")
and eyepopslikeamosquito's law ("magic formulae always win"). :)
Also unusual is that
while trumps
for on this occasion.
The complete list of new Perl solutions I've found since my original post are:
$\+=($n="1E@-"%9995)-$\%$n*2while$/=\1,IXCMVLD=~<>;print
$\+=$n-2*$n%($n="1E@-"%9995)while$/=\1,IXCMVLD=~<>;print
$\+=$n-2*$\%($n="1E@-"%9995)while$/=\1,IXCMVLD=~<>;print
$\+=($n=IXCMVLD=~$_*"1E@-"%9995)-$\%$n*2for<>=~/./g;print
$\+=$'-$\%$'*2while$/=\1,I1V5X10L50C100D500M1e3=~<>;print
$\+=I1V5X10L50C100D500M1e3=~$_*$'-$\%$'*2for<>=~/./g;print
$\+=($n=(IXCMVLD=~$_."E@-")%9995)-$\%$n*2for<>=~/./g;print
$\+=($n=VLD=~$_*5+IXCM=~$_."E@-")-$\%$n*2for<>=~/./g;print
$\+=M999D499C99L49X9V4I=~$_+$'-2*$\%($'+1)for<>=~/./g;print
$\+=($n=10**index(IXCMVLD,$_)%9995)-$\%$n*2for<>=~/./g;print
$\+=s//IXCMVLD=~$&."E@-%9995"/ee*$_-$\%$_*2for<>=~/./g;print
D6L5V4M3C2X1=~$_,$\+=($n="1E$'"%9995)-$\%$n*2for<>=~/./g;print
$\+=$n-2*$n%($n=uppp&7**(9671487%ord()/15)x1)for<>=~/./g;print
# update: some more after finding getc
$\+=($n=1+substr'004999',"@-",3)-$\%$n*2while VLDMCXI=~getc;print
$\+=$'-$\%$'*2while I1V5X10L50C100D500M1e3=~getc;print
$\+=($n="1E@-"%9995)-$\%$n*2while IXCMVLD=~getc;print
Update: An improved 74 stroke symref-based solution,
after "finding" getc (see below):
$b=++$I;$$_=$b*=$^F^=7for V,X,L,C,D,M;
$\+=$n-$\%$n*2while$n=${+getc};print
And here's a quirky 83-stroke PHP version:
<?for($M=2*$D=5*$C=2*$L=5*$X=2*$V=5*$I=1;$n=${fgetc(STDIN)};$t+=$n-2*$
+t%$n)?><?=$t;
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