2b Or !2b: Shakespeare TxtMsg Contest

FortKnox writes "Reuters has an article on a contest for the most aspiring text message. It has to be under 160 characters, because it follows the trendy text-messaging for modern mobile phones. Most people will try to make long quotes with abbreviations and numbers and such to bring it down to the appropriate length."

Comments

Code from the Bard

[ocie]

/* Hamlet_monologue.c
* William Shakespeare
* (C) 1595 Globe company software
*/

/* Compose this operation from arithmatic of the signed nature. Thusly -1 resounds as more ominous than doth 255 W.S. */

signed char question=(0x2b | ~0x2b);

int n1=nobility(suffering_slings & suffering arrows);
int n2=nobility(taking_arms & opposing_to_end);

/* Though this nobility score be calculated, meethinks that the optimizer shall remove it anon, for it does find no utility in the code W.S. */
int comparison=n1>n2;

rub(); /* There's the rub */
shuffle_off(mortal_coil);
pause(); /* give us pause */

/* If Bacon thinks I shall share these codes with him, he doth have another thing coming. W.S.

All Thine Sonnet are belonging to us */

Correction...

[leperjuice]

That should be

2b || !2b

(well, for programmers at least)

Re:Wrong headline...

[KFury]

"I believe it's actually supposed to be '2b || !2b"

Actually, 2b | !2b is more accurate. '||' denotes a short-circuit 'or' which means that if 2b is true, it won't examine !2b for validity.

I believe that Hamlet's strife is that he saw the merits in both possibilities, and so an accurate representation would necessitate him evaluating both 2b and !2b before reaching a conclusion.

Kevin Fox
--

here is a nice one. damn ambitious too.

[niekze]

R U D 1 2 C 4 A B J? --- send that to enough ladies, and you'll eventually find a taker.

Re:here is a nice one. damn ambitious too.

[ayjay29]

B4I4QRU/16

The actual page

[agentZ]

The actual Guardian article is on-line and has some of today's submissions, plus the official rules and some hints.