Re: Recursion in C, as told by Kernigan, Ritchie, and Lovecraft

2009-12-17 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Warren Ockrassa wrote: I really enjoyed this, but can't share it with my colleagues, since they wouldn't get either reference. Sometimes it's really a pain in the ass to be a programmer and English major working in a PR department as the graphics guy.

Re: Recursion in C, as told by Kernigan, Ritchie, and Lovecraft

2009-12-17 Thread Alberto Monteiro
David Hobby wrote: That is nice. I'm sure I can find some people who'll appreciate both references, and not just say that the followers of Cthuhlu should use different variable names for clarity. Maybe we should parody the wikibook on C programming

Re: Recursion in C, as told by Kernigan, Ritchie, and Lovecraft

2009-12-17 Thread Max Battcher
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: I really enjoyed this, but can't share it with my colleagues, since they wouldn't get either reference. Sometimes it's really a pain in the ass to be a programmer and English major working in a PR department as the graphics guy.

Re: Recursion in C, as told by Kernigan, Ritchie, and Lovecraft

2009-12-17 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 17, 2009, at 5:36 AM, Max Battcher wrote: Beyond that, it doesn't seem like proper Kernigan and Ritchie code because it is not formatted properly in the KR style... It almost looks more like GNU code. Well, the sign did declare that the place was called GCC... -- Warren Ockrassa |

Re: Recursion in C, as told by Kernigan, Ritchie, and Lovecraft

2009-12-17 Thread Bryon Daly
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.brwrote: joke critic The code is wrong: void Cthulhu (int Ia) { if (Ia/10) Cthulhu (IA/10); putchar // ftagn! (Ia % 10 + '0'); } // neblod zin! // is a comment in C++ and, by