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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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    ...
    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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          #34

          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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                      • 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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                        AspDotNetDev
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                        #41

                        {O, Row(Me, 0), Row(Me, 0)}.Where((fore) => Art("Thou"))

                        Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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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 8585015
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                          while : # rickiT :Sleep For zzz = 1 To 3 Next zzz GoTo Sleep rickiT 2012

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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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                            Jenny Quinn
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                            #43

                            dim seeTree as boolean = false
                            if seeTree then
                            dim poem as string = "this poem is as lovely as a tree"
                            end if

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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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                              Jeffrey Knight
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                              #44

                              #!/bin/bash #-------- # For Agnes #-------- # A poem in bash on Mac # Tue Feb 7 15:01:01 EST 2012 # Jeffrey Knight for you_Agnes in `which time`; do find /if_you_can/ \ \ "there is nothing, Agnes" 2> be_done; until [[ $you = **know** ]]; do you="know `whoami` ?"; look " my Agnes ... "; if [ "only" == "you could ..." ]; then id rejoice; patch false hopes; fi; my_fate="is sealed"; from nothing 2> nothing; done; done; say -v Agnes $my_fate #and be clear

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                              • R Rage

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

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                                Nick Alexeev
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                                0x2B || !0x2B Saw it in the book somewhere. No, it wasn't Shakespeare, it was an embedded firmware book.

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