sharon@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Sharon Hopkins) (03/04/91)
Don't expect this to *do* anything: I had a hard enough time just getting it to parse in both perl and English! #!/usr/bin/perl APPEAL: listen (please, please); open yourself, wide, join (you, me), connect (us,together), tell me. do something if distressed; @dawn, dance; @evening, sing; read (books,poems,stories) until peaceful; study if able; write me if-you-please; sort your feelings, reset goals, seek (friends, family, anyone); do not die (like this) if sin abounds; keys (hidden), open locks, doors, tell secrets; do not, I-beg-you, close them, yet. accept (yourself, changes), bind (grief, despair); require truth, goodness if-you-will, each moment; select (always), length-of-days # Sharon Hopkins, Feb. 21, 1991
kshetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline) (03/12/91)
In article <11666@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> sharon@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Sharon Hopkins) writes: > APPEAL: > > listen (please, please); > > open yourself, wide, > join (you, me), > connect (us,together), Wonderful poem! I'm not familiar with perl, but I am a programmer (I do most of my work in C). I found the effect produced by fitting your words and thoughts to the syntax requirements of this language stunning. -Kerry
ogata@leviathan.cs.umd.edu (Jefferson Ogata) (03/14/91)
In article <63173@bbn.BBN.COM> kshetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline) writes: |> In article <11666@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> sharon@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV |> (Sharon Hopkins) writes: |> > APPEAL: |> > |> > listen (please, please); |> > |> > open yourself, wide, |> > join (you, me), |> > connect (us,together), |> |> Wonderful poem! I'm not familiar with perl, but I am a programmer (I do |> most |> of my work in C). I found the effect produced by fitting your words and |> thoughts to the syntax requirements of this language stunning. |> |> -Kerry |> Mee too. I thought it was really radically super cool. It set me to thinking about what one could do writing poetical shell scripts or awk programs. Perhaps dynamic poetry; even C programs....sort of like the little vt100 files people make to do screen animation. In fact, I was so intrigued by the form, I don't think I read the poem very well! ;-) -- Jefferson Ogata ogata@cs.umd.edu University Of Maryland Department of Computer Science