@ar i decided lets do this in lua

utf8.char((function(x,y)return((x/2)*y)end)(string.byte(string.match(string.upper(type(_VERSION)),".."),1,2)))

smallest i was able to achieve

if you exclude the string. and utf8. calls:

char((function(x,y)return((x/2)*y)end)(byte(match(upper(type(_VERSION)),".."),1,2)))