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griz
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An Open Challenge
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Sep 25 23:00 UTC 1991 |
I heard talk once of a "computer languages" item being entered here, as a
joke. In other words, people would try to communicate with each other in
computer languages. It never happened.
In order to get the ball rolling, your fairwitness hereby issues a *dare*:
I challenge you to start such an item. (If nothing else, it could launch
an interesting discussion on the differences between natural and artificial
languages.)
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remmers
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response 1 of 19:
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Sep 25 23:56 UTC 1991 |
main()
{
printf("Can we use this item as the\n");
printf("computer languages item? In any case,\n");
printf("I'm glad Jennie entered this.\n");
printf("It'll give me a chance to show off.\n");
printf("My knowledge of computer languages.\n");
}
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ecl
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response 2 of 19:
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Oct 19 05:19 UTC 1991 |
10 for x = 1 to 50
20 Print "Way Cool !!!"
30 next x
40 end
50 rem basicly that's all.
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reach
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response 3 of 19:
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Oct 19 06:04 UTC 1991 |
10 print " Um...
20 goto 10
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danr
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response 4 of 19:
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Oct 19 12:35 UTC 1991 |
Or, for those of you who want to automate your meditiation:
10 PRINT "OM"
20 GOTO 10
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ecl
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response 5 of 19:
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Oct 20 22:45 UTC 1991 |
wont #3 give a syntax (they tax everything these days) error.
no closing quote.
:)
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remmers
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response 6 of 19:
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Oct 20 22:48 UTC 1991 |
Some BASICs may assume a closing quote at end of line if you
don't type one in.
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ecl
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response 7 of 19:
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Oct 21 03:07 UTC 1991 |
Amiga Basic does not even require line numbers.
:)
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reach
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response 8 of 19:
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Oct 21 03:49 UTC 1991 |
That was a smidgen of code from my college days, when BASIC was the only
choice, and there was no need to close quotes.
We used punched cards half of the time, the other half cassete tapes and
a PET.
My, those were the days.
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tcc
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response 9 of 19:
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Oct 22 06:48 UTC 1991 |
: WOW
0 10 LOOP + DO
." I might join the crowd ."
END ;
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remmers
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response 10 of 19:
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Oct 22 16:59 UTC 1991 |
A very forthright response, in my opinion.
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buendia
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response 11 of 19:
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Apr 10 02:31 UTC 1995 |
Your idea is interesting. I found something related with the subject
in a book of Umberto Eco: The Foucault's Pendulum. In the book, there is
a program called Abulafia, that request words in groups like adjectives,
nouns and verbs. Then the program mixed the word
randomly[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[De words randomly but following the rules of
grammar. So, it could generate correct sentences and the main character tried
to give them a mystical significance.
By the way, if the Creation was an act of God expressed with words,
there is a relationship between the program and Its Will, don't you think?
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srw
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response 12 of 19:
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Apr 10 04:33 UTC 1995 |
There are real computer programs designed to mock intelligent English
speech (I don't know about Spanish, but I wouldn't be surprised).
Elisa, the psychoanalyst, is probably one of the oldest.
( Btw, buendia, the arrow keys will not edit on Grex very well.
that's what caused the repeated [D in your post. You must use backspace,
which should generate the proper character, ^h or ^? usually, to
erase one character. If this doesn't work for you, send me email.
If you want to edit back farther than the current line, you can
drop into an editor. There are some that are easy to learn. )
#11 revives an item that was 3.5 years old. Time for everyone to go back
asnd re-read it. :-) Some of the original participants may be gone.
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abchan
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response 13 of 19:
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Apr 11 01:54 UTC 1995 |
program FUBAR;
var response: char;
begin
repeat
writeln('Does anyone here have a working knowledge of Pascal?');
readln(response);
if response = n then
writeln('Next.')
else writeln('Huh?');
until response = y;
writeln('Great! You can help me with my CS class!');
end.
{Note: I am not a CS major so if there is something wrong with this code}
{please be understanding ;) Thank you for your time.}
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albaugh
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response 14 of 19:
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Jun 13 04:15 UTC 1995 |
This response has been erased.
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albaugh
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response 15 of 19:
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Jun 13 04:21 UTC 1995 |
100 'childish argument
110 a$(1)="not":a$(2)="so"
120 i=1
130 print "Did ";a$(i);"!"
140 i=3-i
150 goto 130
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crimson
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response 16 of 19:
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Jan 17 02:40 UTC 2006 |
#!/bin/bash
#I prefer DOS batch files or Visual Basic but can't remember the syntax.
echo "Hello, world!"
echo '#!/bin/bash^Mecho "Hello again!"' > /tmp/bang$$
for xx in {1,2,3}{1,2,3}
do
/tmp/bang$$
done
exec /tmp/bang$$
#We should be done by now!
.
help
quit
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naftee
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response 17 of 19:
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Jan 17 22:29 UTC 2006 |
whoa !
i used to use DOS a lot
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bhoward
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response 18 of 19:
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Jan 18 15:55 UTC 2006 |
Nous tous avons nos croix à porter.
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albaugh
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response 19 of 19:
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Jan 18 19:35 UTC 2006 |
echo Hello world forever!
%0
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