[LINK] for linkers with too much time on their hands

[Adam Todd]

At 09:05 AM 29/07/2006, Jan Whitaker wrote:

>>Here is a site for geeks with too much time on their hands:
>>
>>http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/
>>
>>It contains programs to print the song "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall."
>>
>>Actually, it has 981 such programs, in just about every imaginable 
>>computer language.  Some of them are quite clever, and make for 
>>educational reading.
>>
>>Some are just bizarre.  The code in HQ9+ for example, is:
>>    9
>>HQ9+ is an odd language.  It has just four commands:  H (print "Hello 
>>World"), Q (print its source code), 9 (print the 99 Bottles song) and + 
>>(increment the accumulator).

Awww come on.  That's not smart coding, that's having the hard work done in 
the interpreter/complier and just adding the library as a call.

>>For folks who think they speak Perl, check out this one:
>>
>>http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-perl-737.html
>>
>>Yes, it really runs.

And that person REALLY had too much time on their hands.