[OT] Programming language WATs

[bcs]

On 01/22/2012 12:49 PM, Matt Soucy wrote:
> On 01/22/2012 03:24 PM, bcs wrote:
>> On 01/20/2012 07:40 AM, Robert Clipsham wrote:
>>> Just came across this amusing 4 minute video:
>>>
>>> https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
>>>
>>> Anyone have any other WATs you can do in other languages? Bonus points
>>> for WATs you can do in D.
>>>
>>
>> IIRC:
>>
>> int i, j = getInt();
>> for (switch(j) {
>> case 0: i = 5; break;
>> case 1: i = 4; break;
>> default: i = 42; } i < 77; i++)
>> writefln("Wat!?");
>
> Wat.
> This managed to confuse me and most of the people around me. Especially
> since it works.

http://www.d-programming-language.org/statement.html#ForStatement

Everything from after the '(' up to and including the first ';' is 
defined by use of an NoScopeNonEmptyStatement or ';' (the first happens 
to include variable decelerations, expression statements and 
if/for/switch/etc.).