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maven@mavenry.altcit.eskimo.com (Norman Hamer) wrote:

> 
> Gotta say, amusing as the first-year-student-programming-style contest is, 
>I (for one) don't think this is a particularly appropriate place for it. I 

     Gasp!  You question the divine authority of His Holiness the
Moderator?  It's His contest.

>mean, c'mon, this is in _theory_ a forum for exercising our collective 
>knowledge of the C language. While this contest, as well as the IOCCC do 

     Plenty of examples of this in the contest.

>that, they also provide a wealth of truly bad examples for the beginner.

     True, but they're not nearly as subtle from what I've seen.
     Hail Eris!

> <Shrug> Just a couple of bits. 

     I think you should plot the downfall of civilization by coming up
with your own evil C contest.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

C Pronunciation Guide:
     y=x++;     "wye equals ex plus plus semicolon"
     x=x++;     "ex equals ex doublecross semicolon"