Software piracy

[unixronin]

Pirate code, from midiamin:

main(int arrrrrrgc, char **arrrrrrgv)

 

Comments

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

alternatively, in a 4GL....

select 'Arrrrgghhh!' from dual;

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

And then there's parrot code:

awk '{printf("%d%d%d%d\n",1,0,0,0)}'

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

yup. what you sed :-)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

yacc like a pirate!

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

You *are* over the bounding main, aren't ye?

main( ) {
printf("Arrrgh, you blackheart!");
}

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

huh?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

It do be computer geek humor, matey! I could tell'ee, but then I might have to kill'ee. Arrr!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

(Actually, part of the amusing part is it'd work ... the compiler wouldn't care, as long as you were consistent about it.)

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

good luck with the killin me part matey! me powder's dry!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Well of course it is, me bucko! Did ye think I take ye for a scurvy lubber?

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Seriously ... the standard top-level function for a C program is called main(). It is expected to be called with two arguments: an integer telling the length of the second argument, followed by an argument vector of pointers to strings. By convention, these are called argc and argv; thus main() is typically declared as follows:

int main (int argc, char **argv)

However, as long as you're consistent about it, you could call those two variables whatever you like. You could call them ren and stimpy, so long as you always consistently referenced them by those names throughout main().

int main (int ren, char **stimpy)

So if you're feeling piratical and feel like inserting a few extra Rs, ti works just fine ... as long as you're consistent about it. :)

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

kewl, i never got passed DOS 3.5 and GWBASIC when i was fiddlin with stuffs. i still hate windoze though!