Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 01:29:03PM -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Alix Pexton" <alix.DOT.pexton at gmail.DOT.com> wrote in message 
> news:jjcn41$2g4g$1 at digitalmars.com...
> >
> > and I have a theory that poetic languages would be good for programming 
> > in.
> >
> 
> http://shakespearelang.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Hello World: 
> http://shakespearelang.sourceforge.net/report/shakespeare/shakespeare.html#sec:hello
[...]

+1. I've seen that one before, but it cracks me up every time. Using
insults to represent negative numbers and praises to represent positive
numbers is just hilarious.

What would be really funny is if you wrote an actual play (with actual
plot and dramatic buildup) that also does something useful.


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