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  • A Andrew Rissing

    A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

    float myhope;
    float mypride;
    if (myhope is Empty)
    Goto ZeroDivide;

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    Mark Miller
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    :laugh: Wow! Does this mean I can use Goto in my code again? :laugh: Oh, Goto, I've missed you so You so helped my code to blow Now you've come to me again I can write again with sin! Ok, so it isn't in code, but it's about code...

    Sincerely, -Mark mamiller@rhsnet.org

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    • S StephenPhillips

      if (life == ToBe)
      return Question;
      else if (life != ToBe)
      return Question;

      given only two wholly mutually exclusive conditions, this could be simplified to

      return Question;

      Either Hamlet was overcomplicating his problem or he was a stickler for convolution. Or perhaps it should be taken more literally as

      return (ToBe == true);

      But no, this is silly - this only takes the first condition and ignores the rest of the system specification. Besides which, it somehow doesn't have the same ring to it this way.

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      CaptJosh
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      Perhaps make the two conditions and make them part of the same conditional? e.g.

      if ((life == ToBe ) || ( life != ToBe ))
      return Question;

      CaptJosh There are only 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don't.

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      • A Andrew Rissing

        A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

        float myhope;
        float mypride;
        if (myhope is Empty)
        Goto ZeroDivide;

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        Michael A Cochran
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        How about SQL? DECLARE @ROSE CHAR(1); SELECT @ROSE=IS_ROSE FROM GARDEN WHERE NAME IN (SELECT @NAME FROM NAMES); DECLARE @IS_SWEET CHAR(1); SELECT @IS_SWEET=@IS_ROSE;

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        • A Andrew Rissing

          A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

          float myhope;
          float mypride;
          if (myhope is Empty)
          Goto ZeroDivide;

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          SirTimothy
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          Adapted from an excerpt from Dr. Seuss' Fox In Socks. Not quite as smooth as I'd like, but it works.

          if (fighter1 is TweetleBeetle
          && fighter2 is TweetleBeetle
          && theWeapon is Paddle
          && thePlace is Puddle
          && thePlace.place is Bottle)
          return new TweetleBeetleBottlePuddlePaddleBattleMuddle();

          If fighter one is tweetle beetle, Fighter two is tweetle beetle, And the weapon is a paddle, And the place is a puddle, And the place's place is bottle, then return new TweetleBeetleBottlePuddlePaddleBattleMuddle

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          • A Andrew Rissing

            A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

            float myhope;
            float mypride;
            if (myhope is Empty)
            Goto ZeroDivide;

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            Aiscrim
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            #25

            If this is real Then
            Nothing
            Else
            matters(2, Me)

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            • D Dalek Dave

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              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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              Alan Burkhart
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              :thumbsup::thumbsup:

              XAlan Burkhart

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              • A Andrew Rissing

                A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

                float myhope;
                float mypride;
                if (myhope is Empty)
                Goto ZeroDivide;

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                BillWoodruff
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                Note: at the time I wrote this, I had not read the other posts, and did not realize others were already taking on Hamlet's famous soliloquy.

                // c#

                bool? TheQuestion = true;
                bool? ToBe = true;

                public bool? ToBeOrNotToBe()
                {
                return (TheQuestion == true && ToBe == true) ? ToBe : null;
                }

                "Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved tunnels of leaf miners on the surface of a leaf. We must somehow take a wider view, look at the whole landscape, really see it, and describe what's going on here. Then we can at least wail the right question into the swaddling band of darkness, or, if it comes to that, choir the proper praise." Annie Dillard

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                • A Andrew Rissing

                  A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

                  float myhope;
                  float mypride;
                  if (myhope is Empty)
                  Goto ZeroDivide;

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                  Lost User
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                  #28

                  Charlie and Charlotte, the lovers in C (doesn't compile, Charlie and Charlotte are incompatible types)

                  char*lie;
                  double time, me= !0XFACE,
                  not; int rested, get, out;
                  main(ly, die) char ly, **die ;{
                  signed char lotte,

                  dear; (char)lotte--;
                  for(get= !me;; not){
                  1 - out & out ;lie;{
                  char lotte, my= dear,
                  **let= !!me *!not+ ++die;
                  (char*)(lie=
                  "The gloves are OFF this time, I detest you, snot\n\0sed GEEK!");

                  do {not= \*lie++ & 0xF00L\* !me;
                  #define love (char\*)lie -
                  love 1s \*!(not= atoi(let
                  \[get -me?
                      (char)lotte-
                  

                  (char)lotte: my- *love -
                  'I' - *love - 'U' -
                  'I' - (long) - 4 - 'U' ])- !!
                  (time =out= 'a'));} while( my - dear
                  && 'I'-1l -get- 'a'); break;}}
                  (char)*lie++;

                  (char)*lie++, (char)*lie++; hell:0, (char)*lie;
                  get *out* (short)ly -0-'R'- get- 'a'^rested;
                  do {auto*eroticism,
                  that; puts(*( out
                  - 'c'
                  -('P'-'S') +die+ -2 ));}while(!"you're at it");

                  for (*((char*)&lotte)^=
                  (char)lotte; (love ly) [(char)++lotte+
                  !!0xBABE];){ if ('I' -lie[ 2 +(char)lotte]){ 'I'-1l ***die; }
                  else{ if ('I' * get *out* ('I'-1l **die[ 2 ])) *((char*)&lotte) -=
                  '4' - ('I'-1l); not; for(get=!

                  get; !out; (char)*lie & 0xD0- !not) return!!
                  (char)lotte;}

                  (char)lotte;
                  do{ not* putchar(lie [out
                  *!not* !!me +(char)lotte]);
                  not; for(;!'a';);}while(
                  love (char*)lie);{

                  register this; switch( (char)lie
                  [(char)lotte] -1s *!out) {
                  char*les, get= 0xFF, my; case' ':
                  *((char*)&lotte) += 15; !not +(char)*lie*'s';
                  this +1s+ not; default: 0xF +(char*)lie;}}}
                  get - !out;
                  if (not--)
                  goto hell;
                  exit( (char)lotte);}

                  Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss:

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                  • N Norman Dziedzic

                    Question = (2 * b) || !(2 * b); Is a nicer form but still only = Question; Then again Wit.soul = brevity;

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                    hmoulding
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                    ITYM wit.soul = brevity ;

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                    • A Andrew Rissing

                      A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

                      float myhope;
                      float mypride;
                      if (myhope is Empty)
                      Goto ZeroDivide;

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                      msvbdev
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                      #30

                      Not really a poem, but here's some famous Shakespeare in C/C++

                      bool question = (toBe || !toBe);

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                      • A Andrew Rissing

                        A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

                        float myhope;
                        float mypride;
                        if (myhope is Empty)
                        Goto ZeroDivide;

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                        da808wiz
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                        #31

                        ...
                        send(girl,"Flowers");
                        send(girl,"Chocolates");
                        send(girl,"Money");
                        send(girl,"Heart");
                        if ( recv(girl)==cold_shoulder )
                        goto hell;
                        ...

                        :hell
                        switch ( girl2 = new Girl() ) {
                        ...

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                        • A Andrew Rissing

                          A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

                          float myhope;
                          float mypride;
                          if (myhope is Empty)
                          Goto ZeroDivide;

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                          User 8077241
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                          Class TimeGoesBySlowly

                          Function toSave(yourLife) As TimeGoesBySlowly
                          
                              For Each Day As TimeGoesBySlowly In yourLife
                                  Dim theLights As New TimeGoesBySlowly, TaketheTime
                          
                                  toSave(yourLife) 'and
                                  Return (theLights) 'until the
                          
                              Next Day
                          
                          
                          End Function
                          

                          End Class

                          http://thephilosopherstone.ca

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                          • A Andrew Rissing

                            A few coworkers were joking about writing poetry in code and I was curious to put it up here as a challenge to others. The premise is that you must write something that is poetry that is reasonably compilable (i.e. excluding the scaffolding of the language of choice). Bonus points if it produces output that is relevant to the theme of the poem. Here is an example to get you started:

                            float myhope;
                            float mypride;
                            if (myhope is Empty)
                            Goto ZeroDivide;

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                            MacSpudster
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                            interface EternalLove
                            {
                            object ofMyDesire;
                            byte ofMyLoveAspire;

                            string meAlong;
                            double mySong;

                            private class ofYourAffection : ICollection {}

                            enum erateMyLoveForYou
                            {
                            rosesBought,
                            diamondsSought,
                            muchMuchThought
                            }

                            public abstract Array Divine;
                            protected Buffer recline;

                            readonly int endedProse;
                            long erWoes;

                            Exception Denied;
                            ExceptionHandler.ExceptionDialog AgonyUponMyPride;

                            StackOverflowException soMuchCommotion;
                            Screen myEmotion;

                            EventHandler ABrandNewDay;
                            Environment Secure_SoTheySay;

                            Help MeFindAWife; //as I
                            float alongThroughLife;
                            }

                            public class icWishfulThinking : EternalLove
                            {
                            //Son, yer on yer own.
                            }

                            ~ [Don't] Visual[ize the] Basic[s], C#[ly instead] ~ ASPX: Apple Simply Performs eXcellently

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                              Class TimeGoesBySlowly

                              Function toSave(yourLife) As TimeGoesBySlowly
                              
                                  For Each Day As TimeGoesBySlowly In yourLife
                                      Dim theLights As New TimeGoesBySlowly, TaketheTime
                              
                                      toSave(yourLife) 'and
                                      Return (theLights) 'until the
                              
                                  Next Day
                              
                              
                              End Function
                              

                              End Class

                              http://thephilosopherstone.ca

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                              Andrew Rissing
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                              Nice. +5

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                              • M MacSpudster

                                interface EternalLove
                                {
                                object ofMyDesire;
                                byte ofMyLoveAspire;

                                string meAlong;
                                double mySong;

                                private class ofYourAffection : ICollection {}

                                enum erateMyLoveForYou
                                {
                                rosesBought,
                                diamondsSought,
                                muchMuchThought
                                }

                                public abstract Array Divine;
                                protected Buffer recline;

                                readonly int endedProse;
                                long erWoes;

                                Exception Denied;
                                ExceptionHandler.ExceptionDialog AgonyUponMyPride;

                                StackOverflowException soMuchCommotion;
                                Screen myEmotion;

                                EventHandler ABrandNewDay;
                                Environment Secure_SoTheySay;

                                Help MeFindAWife; //as I
                                float alongThroughLife;
                                }

                                public class icWishfulThinking : EternalLove
                                {
                                //Son, yer on yer own.
                                }

                                ~ [Don't] Visual[ize the] Basic[s], C#[ly instead] ~ ASPX: Apple Simply Performs eXcellently

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                                Andrew Rissing
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                                Haha...nice. +5

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                                • R Rage

                                  if (life == ToBe)
                                  return Question
                                  else if (life != ToBe)
                                  return Question

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                                  KP Lee
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                                  You still get the credit, but I like:

                                  if (ToBe || !ToBe) return ThatIStheQuestion

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                                  • M Marc Clifton

                                    And in Haiku:

                                    double myTrouble;
                                    if (sheFindsOut(myTrouble))
                                    {
                                    SummerDaysAreGone();
                                    }

                                    Marc

                                    My Blog
                                    An Agile walk on the wild side with Relationship Oriented Programming
                                    Melody's Amazon Herb Site

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                                    randomusic
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                                    Good one, a 5-7-5 haiku

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                                    • R Rage

                                      Seems like you are slightly getting all the subtleties of Shakespeare's genius ;P OTOH, it is disastrous to see how the best translation in programming language, namely return Question; ( as you very correctly pointed out ) completely ruins the effect.

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                                      Luiz Monad
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                                      From that we can conclude that life is random, and dont affect the result of question. that is: from where we come from? where are we? and where are we going to?

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                                      • R Rage

                                        if (life == ToBe)
                                        return Question
                                        else if (life != ToBe)
                                        return Question

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                                        fatman45
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                                        #39

                                        How about:

                                        Question = life ? ToBe : !ToBe;

                                        Da Bomb

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                                        • N Norman Dziedzic

                                          Question = (2 * b) || !(2 * b); Is a nicer form but still only = Question; Then again Wit.soul = brevity;

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                                          AspDotNetDev
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                                          Repost! :-D

                                          Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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