/* a C program that does nothing for the earth...
let's not bother saving the earth...
after all, we have computer programs
to write which is very enjoyable and
stimulating:
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
typedef enum {
RESOURCES,
NO,
CERTAINLY_NOT,
THE_EARTH_IS_SAVED
} _earth_choice;
int main()
{
/* this is a pointless assignment, and completely ignored:
*/
_earth_choice will_we_save_the_earth = THE_EARTH_IS_SAVED;
/* dig up the earth and extract its resources
until it can no longer support life:
*/
while(CERTAINLY_NOT) {
/* waste resources:
*/
calloc(1024, 1024);
printf("WE ARE EXPLOITING THE EARTH:"
" The Earth Will Not Be Saved!\n");
/* double speak suggesting we're giving back to
the Earth, but in fact what we're really
doing is screwing it over:
*/
free(RESOURCES);
}
/* this will never happen, it is unreachable with the
current program logic...
but at least we can acknowledge the possibility:
even if the notion, that once fixed, the Earth is
fixed for ever, is a rather naieve one.
*/
printf("The Earth Is Saved!\n");
return THE_EARTH_IS_SAVED;
}
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