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the while(1){} loop
escapes infinity
by transcending time()

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I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh

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Re: while(1) haiku
by repellent (Priest) on Nov 09, 2011 at 17:02 UTC
    How should I pronounce {} for one syllable? Also, "escapes infinity" is 6 syllables, though I may have counted it wrong without enough coffee :-)
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[d/l]
      How should I pronounce {} for one syllable?

      BLOCK ?

      cheers,
      0--gg-
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      How should I pronounce {} for one syllable? Also, "escapes infinity" is 6 syllables,

      Well I've taken poetic license, where {} and () are kept silent. :-)

      As far as syllable count goes, it's a tough one, but slur your syllables to conform to 5-7-5, it can be done. The added s, to make escape an active verb, make escapes a 3 in my mind. Es scape ss :-) 

      the why el 1 loop
es cape s in fin i ty
by tran scend ing time

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      I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
      Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh
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        You can make the second line work without torturing the language. Conjugating "Escape" traditionally, you get

        I escape

        Thou escapest

        He, she or it escapeth

        So if you use real English, the second line could be written as

        escapeth infinity

        Proper English results in proper scansion and the prosody you want. If only more people spoke proper English. If only I spoke Perl half as well as I speak English! :-) And this post would be formatted much better if only I spoke HTML.

        Regards,

        John Davies

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Re: while(1) haiku
by hbm (Hermit) on Nov 10, 2011 at 13:21 UTC

    Regarding your infinite loop:

    Theoretically.
    Ephemeral hardware.
    Balloons rise so high.

    Or,

    Til sysadmin runs
    pee ess oh etime args, and
    pkill while_looper!
     

    (In my opinion, "the while(1){} loop" reads as, "the while one loop".)

    Update: Yay, posted by me, not repellent.

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