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Subject: Merry Christmas continues
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Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 08:24:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  3 08:24:47 1983
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Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD
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As expected, my request for programs to print "Merry Christmas" 15 times
has resulted in a broad range of submissions.  It is extremely interesting
to scan through the file and compare the syntax of the various languages.
Here is a list of what's come in so far:

/* Algol-60 */
/* Algol-68 */
/* APL */
/* APL */
/* APL */
/* C */
/* EYE */
/* Forth */
/* Forth */
/* Fortran 77 */
/* IBM 370 assembly */
/* Icon */
/* The Kent Recursive Calculator */
/* LISP */
/* Scheme or Maclisp or Franz Lisp */
/* MTS Lisp */
/* LSE */
/* MTS editor */
/* Pascal */
/* PL/I  version.  ANS PL/I, subset G.   */
/* PL/1 */
/* PL/1 */
/* QC */
/* Snobol 4 */
/* UNIX shell script */
/* XPL */

As you may have noticed, there are some glaring omissions
from the above list (i.e., Basic, Prolog, Modulo-2).
If your favorite programming language wasn't included, then it's
time to send me a sample, because I'm not gonna do it for you.
Once again, here's the rules of this non-game
we're playing.  Just send me a program which prints the phrase "Merry
Christmas" 15 times.  Here is an example in C:

/* C */

main()
{
	int i;

	for (i=0; i<15; i++)
		printf("Merry Christmas\n");
}

The final result will be posted to the net.  Thanks to all who have 
contributed so far.  Many of these languages I've never even heard of before,
much less seen.
-- 

					Don Davis
					JHU/APL
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