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From: guido@cwi.nl (Guido van Rossum)
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Subject: Re: VI SOLVES MAZE (and lies about it)
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Date: 17 Jan 91 16:09:38 GMT
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ivan@megatest.UUCP (Ivan Batinic) writes:

>Therefore, the poster was not lying, it is a "Maze C-Program" in the 
>truest possible way:

>	a) It attempts to print a maze
>	b) It looks like a maze in source
>	c) Parsing the source is like solving a maze

For me it really prints a maze.  Seems to depend on how random your
rand() really is though.  Also note that if you squint you not only see
*a* maze, you can also see the word MAZE spelled out in huge letters!
Amazing, yes.

--Guido