Compile-time perversions on WWWEP

[Don Clugston]

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> Don Clugston wrote:
> <snip>
>> The '99 bottles of beer' song is incorrect. The last six lines should 
>> read:
>> ---
>> Take one down and pass it around,
>> no more bottles of beer on the wall.
>>
>> No more bottles of beer on the wall,
>> no more bottles of beer.
>> Go to the store and buy some more,
>> 99 bottles of beer on the wall.
>> ---
> 
> As with many playground songs (if that's the right term), there are a 
> number of versions in circulation.  See also
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer
> 
> Are you assuming yours is the only correct one because it's on the front 
> page of the 99 bottles website, or have you other evidence?

No, I don't. Just the "lyrics" page on the website. The version you're 
using is much simpler than that one. Though "history" page refers to the 
  simple version.

> In my collection I have a Befunge version with " no more beer..." as the 
> last line.  I'm not sure where I got it from....
> 
>> Note that on the 99 bottles of beer website, the C preprocessor 
>> version is incorrect, too (it gets the second last verse wrong).
> 
> It took me a moment to figure what you were supposed to do with the 
> first of these.  DMC doesn't appear to have an option to do just the 
> preprocessing.  Borland cpp32 (version 5.2) works, but generates loads 
> of blank lines.  But I can't at the moment see what you're claiming is 
> wrong with it.

I don't remember now. I think it's the capitalisation (there should be 
one instance of "no more" and two of "No more").

> 
> Stewart.