Computer languages

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:08 am

I'm so multilingual, it's scary. I'm not fluent in a single language, excepting the possibility of English, though there are still several words I don't know, but here's the list, in the order in which I learned them.
<UL><LI>Basic</LI><LI>Spanish</LI><LI>Pascal</LI><LI>C</LI><LI>C++</LI><LI>Scheme</LI><LI>HTML (it calls itself a language, but it's the Pig Latin of computer languages.)<LI>Java</LI><LI>JavaScript</LI><LI>Smalltalk</LI><LI>Perl</LI><LI>MySQL</LI></UL>
I say this in staunch defiance of the fact that I can't get my MySQL database to work properly, I failed the class I learned Java for originally, I passed my C++ class by copying and pasting, and I really only wrote a report on Smalltalk.Oh, but I once started a song in C. Wanna read it? OK!
for (i=0; i<100; i++) {//on fantasy
cout<<mywindow;
cin>>mysoul;
cout<<mywindow;
[?]
for (i=0; i<100; i--) {}Translated phonetically:
For I am nothing
The eyeless see
I am surplus
Commenting on fantasySee out my window
See in my soul
See out my window
[forgotten bit]For I am nothing
The isle-less sea
I am nonplussed
Commenting on fantasy
This meandering bit of silly brought to you by the number 210, and the letters AM. And a colon.------------------
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KareNin · Post by **KareNin** » Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:44 am

Wowsers. That was impressive.Can't help but be reminded of the equally cryptic but ingenious poem on your old website. If you still have that one somewhere, why don't you post it here for all to see and be amazed anew, at the Wonder That Is Randy?Back before there were trees, I have taken two semesters of high school French, 2 years of Latin, and one college semester each of Spanish and Russian. Therefore, I can count to ten in a hopelessly pathetic hash composed of mostly-forgotten Spanish and French hybrids, sending listeners of all ages into peals of derisive hoots. This is usually followed by a marked inability on my part to remember even basic words in English. And a deep slide into depressive behavior. So don't ask me to count to ten in any language besides Navajo, okay? Ever.I have been known to write a poem or two, however...

ZOMBIE USER 197 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 197** » Thu Jan 04, 2001 2:35 am

Oooh, I remememember this one:

won
too
th re
for
f I've
sick
s even
ate
n Ein
tin

--Howard(as per KareNin's scolding, block-select the blank space of my message to see a really big hint for the meaning of Randy's poem. But we'd all rather you figured it out for yourself.)[This message has been edited by Howard (edited 01-04-2001).]

KareNin · Post by **KareNin** » Thu Jan 04, 2001 4:30 am

Geez, Howard...I was hoping somebody who hadn't SEEN Randy's poem before would spend some time trying to figure it out. It would have been fun to imagine people scratching their heads and thinking, "I don't get it--what's there to figure out? OHHHH!!!! Whoa. Clever lad, that Randall Stone Tayler!" But NOOOOOOO-O-O-O-O... Big Brother the Show-Off has to come by and ruin the suspense by
saying, "Oh, I remember that one, blah blah blah." Bad Howard. Go to your room! (And while you're there, you might as well scan in and color some more Schlock strips, and send me a funny email.)[This message has been edited by KareNin (edited 01-04-2001).]

Glych · Post by **Glych** » Thu Jan 04, 2001 8:19 am

Languages by me:"English"!?! How could I fail English! That's unpossible!Semi fluent in Spanish: "El bano porfavor?"HTML...My life blood on the comp.q-basic type. (Not to be confused with q-bert)And I'm learning javascript, c++, v-basic, and japanese. (Doko, "Randy"san?)-glychThis message has been brought to you by the letter 5 and the number &.
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KareNin · Post by **KareNin** » Thu Jan 04, 2001 8:46 am

Now, THAT is REALLLLLLLY cool.Golly. I'd scold you more often if it makes you perform fun tricks with the message board. You, my dear Howard, are a marvelous jerk and a blunder. Scold, scold, scold. Are you still in your room having Time Out? Because I haven't received a funny email yet... Oh, wait--I think I owe you one. Never mind. Anyhow, that's tr

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Thu Jan 04, 2001 9:53 am

My poem that I love so much, but am currently too lazy to explain (see if you can figure it out!):

I
won
der too
much with re
gard to what for
ever would (if I've
not done so in my sick
stanza) make the odds even:
In poetry, is there a state
where numbers meet letters like in Ein
stein's theories? Maybe, if I use Latin.Man I dig that poem. My English teacher didn't appreciate it so much, but I loved it.------------------
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Randy · Post by **Randy** » Thu Jan 04, 2001 11:41 am

The best part is the title, I think. "I" is both letter and numeral. And I couldn't make the poem work without a subject, and the subject had to be the title so I didn't violate the rules of the poem....

I remember this crazy feeling of elation that lasted for hours. It was great.

Somebody Strange · Post by **Somebody Strange** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 5:03 am

Wow. That poem rocked.--S. Strange------------------
Neurotic -- sane, but unhappy about it.