[OT] Stupid programmer tricks (or "Fun with RDMD")

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Ellery Newcomer" <ellery-newcomer at utulsa.edu> wrote in message 
news:i4f8in$2a42$1 at digitalmars.com...
> What? No infinite loop? Your [lack of] stupidity disappoints me.

Oops! Good catch! I'm so embarrased by my oversight. Here you go:

$ cat rdmdFOREVER.d
import std.process;
void main()
{
    system("rdmd rdmdhello.d");
    system("rdmd rdmdFOREVER.d");
}

$ rdmd rdmdFOREVER.d
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