On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 11:27:01AM +0100, Aleix wrote: > On Tuesday 16 November 2010 00:49:35 Mike Hollis wrote: <jest> > > I ran across this code in a C tutorial. It compiles without error but I > > having trouble understanding the output. Perhaps someone could > help me > > out. <\end jest> <snip> > > ---- Mike Hollis ---- > > This is a version of the code a little bit more readable with the same > output: > > #include <stdio.h> <snip> > I tried to debug it with gdb but i didn't understand nothing, > I'm sorry, the most misterious is the form that enter the text: > ciao > Aleix Ortà > -- I tried with gdb,strace, and ltrace to try to get some handle on how the Twelve Days of Christmas was printed from that tangle of spagetti code, but it is beyond my expertise and for me will remain a mystery.
I think the author of the tutorial included as a jest for his students and didn't really expect them to decipher it and that is the spirit in which I posted it. I just got a kick out of it and thought someone else might too. But if you figure it out, Please let me know ! --- Mike Hollis --- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
