From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!sasaki From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki) Newsgroups: net.lang,net.lang.ada,net.lang.apl,net.lang.c,net.lang.f77,net.lang.forth,net.lang.lisp,net.lang.mod2,net.lang.pascal,net.lang.prolog,net.lang.st80 Subject: another contest Message-ID: <236@harvard.ARPA> Date: Mon, 31-Dec-84 03:25:14 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.236 Posted: Mon Dec 31 03:25:14 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Jan-85 06:02:01 EST Distribution: net Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard List-Id: **** It is time for another contest **** I was cleaning out my directory tree when I noticed the results of the obfuscated C contest. This reminded me of a contest that the ACM ran quite a while ago. I think it is time to run this again. Here are the rules: o The contest is to find the shortest program text that produces the largest number of error messages from the compiler. o All languages are acceptable. Only generally available compilers are eligible. o The source text should be relatively short. o The winner will be determined by the ratio of error lines to source lines. Obviously some adjustment will have to be made for languages like FORTRAN where you can't just pack everything onto a single line. The lines should be 80 characters or less in length. Only lines with error message text will be used. Mail me your entries. Entries should have the source and the error messages. DO NOT EDIT THE ERROR MESSAGE LISTING. I will remove things from the listing before determining the number of error lines. I will post results when the entries die down or shortly after February 1, whichever comes later (this is to allow for all of you off on vacation during January). By the way, the original ACM contest was won by a COBOL program and compiler (running on OS/360, I think) that was 3 lines long that generated more than 350 lines of errors. -- Marty Sasaki Havard University Science Center sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp} 617-495-1270