Compile-time perversions on WWWEP

[Stewart Gordon]

Don Clugston wrote:
> Stewart Gordon wrote:
<snip>
>> 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").

Normally when writing poetry or song lyrics, the beginning of every line 
is capitalised.  So in the way it's usually written - four lines per 
verse - they would all be "No more".  OTOH

http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/lyrics.html

compresses each verse into two lines, and so has "No more" once and "no 
more" twice.

But if any versions are wrong, surely it's those written by lazy 
programmers to write

2 bottle(s) of beer on the wall
2 bottle(s) of beer
Take one down, pass it around
1 bottle(s) of beer on the wall

How does one pronounce "bottle(s)", let alone to fit the song?

(That's just reminded me - I'd better fix my Come Here version sometime 
soon....)

Stewart.