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Re: Off Topic: Evolution of a Programmer

• To: Niels Peter Strandberg <nielspeter@n...>
• Subject: Re: Off Topic: Evolution of a Programmer
• From: Mitch Amiano <mamiano@n...>
• Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:39:10 -0500
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <DA5615C6-5568-11D7-B0AA-0003936F3508@n...>
• Organization: Software Adjuvant
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Ok, I'll byte. In C/C++, 2b is neither an identifier nor a constant. But then
if (0x2b & !0x2b) { 
doesn't read as smoothly.
The & is a bitwise operator, whereas ! is a logical NOT. Did you mean
if (0x2b & ~0x2b) { 
or 
if (0x2b && !0x2b) { 
Either way it comes out false.

Why stop there? Doesn't XML enable far deeper levels of convolution? 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE doc SYSTEM "doc.dtd">
<doc>
   <para>Hello World</para>
</doc>

<!ELEMENT doc (para)+>
<!ELEMENT para (#PCDATA)>

<xsl:stylesheet
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
   version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:template match="para">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Niels Peter Strandberg wrote:
> Can you find the bug? The price is Helsingør castle!
> 
> 
> On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 04:28 PM, Niels Peter Strandberg wrote:
> 
>> ============================
>> HAMLET
>> ============================
>>
>> if (2b & !2b) {
>>     out("That is the question!");
>> }
>>
>>
>> From a dane (!prince), Niels Peter
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Michael Kay wrote:
>>
>>> I once saw a version that added:
>>>
>>> ======================================================
>>> Ex-programmer who has been promoted to project manager
>>> ======================================================
>>>
>>> "Write me a program that says 'Hello World'"
>>>
>>> ==========================================
>>> Ex-programmer who has been promoted to CEO
>>> ==========================================
>>>
>>> "What is the business benefit of all this code we are writing?"
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Kay
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jonathan Robie
>>>> [mailto:jonathan.robie@d...]
>>>> Sent: 12 March 2003 18:35
>>>> To: xml-dev@l...
>>>> Subject:  Off Topic: Evolution of a Programmer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This was forwarded to me - I have no idea where it came from
>>>> originally.
>>>>

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