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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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            #36

            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
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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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                      {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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                        #42

                        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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                          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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                            #!/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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