Bob Miller
Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:02:59 -0800
Bob Miller wrote:
> I tried to find a copy of gosmacs screen.c which starts with the
> very best comment I've ever seen in a source file, but it seems to
> be lost to antiquity.
Um, the file was display.c. I got a copy from a fellow refugee from
antiquity. Here is the comment I like. How many times have you seen
source code that deserved a warning like this but didn't have one? (-:
/********************************************************\
* *
* Ultra-hot screen management package *
* *
* Copyright (c) 1981,1980 James Gosling *
* *
* Heavy hacking by Chris Torek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Feb '84 *
* *
\********************************************************/
/****************************************************************
/-------------\
/ \
/ \
/ \
| XXXX XXXX |
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| XXX XXX |
\ X /
--\ XXX /--
| | XXX | |
| | | |
| I I I I I I I |
| I I I I I I |
\ /
-- --
\-------/
XXX XXX
XXXXX XXXXX
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
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XXX XXX
**************
* BEWARE!! *
**************
All ye who enter here:
Most of the code in this module
is twisted beyond belief!
Tread carefully.
If you think you understand it,
You Don't,
So Look Again.
****************************************************************/
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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