Perl Haiku Contest Winners Announced

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Perl Haiku Contest Winners Announced

Posted by michael on Saturday February 14, 2004 @05:11AM from the adoring-perl-code-automagically-hurts-your-romance-chances dept.

prostoalex writes "The ActiveState Perl Haiku Poetry Contest has ended. The results are in and here's the page with all the entries." Here's the original announcement.

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Kinda lame... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-14 05:13 · Score: 2, Interesting

I thought it was asking for code as actually Haiku, not just a little poem about Perl... that's kinda silly. Oh well.
1. Re:Kinda lame... by rokzy · 2004-02-14 05:17 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  click on the link on the LHS and you get the Haikus IN perl.
2. Re:Kinda lame... by AEton · 2004-02-14 06:49 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  It's a common misconception that "haiku" means "5-7-5". This misconception is readily cleared up - see the second paragraph of the Wikipedia article in particular for a discussion, or the "How do you write a haiku?" part of the e2 writeup, which goes into detail in the distiction between Japanese haiku and English haiku and describes the innumerable subtle variations of the form.
  
  That said, one of the best English haiku ever kind of abuses the system:
  I told her and she
  Was like, "oh, my god," and I
  Was like, "oh, my god."
  
  --
  We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
3. Re:Kinda lame... by madpierre · 2004-02-14 06:59 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I thought it was asking for code as actually Haiku
  
  If they did that how would the judges be able to *read*
  and *make sense* of the entries? Face it perl code just
  looks like a bunch of random punctuation. ;)
  
  --
  siggy played guitar
Re:A Waste? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-14 05:18 · Score: 5, Funny

If Microsoft did this

The winner would be:

What day is today?
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Oh.
It's Releasepatchday.
Hmmmm, Haikus. by heironymouscoward · 2004-02-14 05:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Many perl haikus
Many Slashdot visitors
No response, it's down.

--
Ceci n'est pas une signature
1. Re:Hmmmm, Haikus. by Shut+the+fuck+up! · 2004-02-14 05:30 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Mod parent funny
  Mod this post minus one troll
  Metamod unfair.
Why Not? by seriv · 2004-02-14 05:23 · Score: 5, Insightful

Perl Haiku pushes the limit of the excuse of "why not?" when it comes to wasting your time.
1. Re:Why Not? by interiot · 2004-02-14 05:46 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Posting to Slashdot about how others are wasting time is probably worse.
  (doh, wait a minute. don't tell anyone I posted this...)
This is the best one by Illissius · 2004-02-14 05:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Name: John Cataldo
Haiku:
perl perl perl perl perl
perl perl perl perl perl perl perl
perl perl perl perl perl

Heh.

--
Work is punishment for failing to procrastinate effectively.
1. Re:This is the best one by snake_dad · 2004-02-14 10:07 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  I like the Dishonorable Mentions even better...
  Name: Duane O'Brien
  Haiku:
  $my_args = shift; system("gcc $my_args"); print "I prefer C\n";
  
  --
  karma capped .sig seeking available Slashdot poster for long-term relationship.
Slashdot Haiku by PatrickThomson · 2004-02-14 05:24 · Score: 5, Funny

I cannot create
a haiku in time for the
first post. Woe is me.

--
I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
Here's a haiku for you! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-14 05:26 · Score: 4, Funny

Let poets write poems
Let coders write code
Stay your path
1. Re:Here's a haiku for you! by gentlewizard · 2004-02-14 06:35 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  coders are poets;
  code, strict as any sonnet
  compilers, judges
2. Re:Here's a haiku for you! by Haeleth · 2004-02-14 09:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  sonnets are constrained
  not by syntax but by form
  show me rhyming perl
Re:-1, redundant by rokzy · 2004-02-14 05:28 · Score: 2, Funny

he saw the link, then typed it out for the benefit of IE users.

wait...
haikus and spam by bstil · 2004-02-14 05:34 · Score: 3, Informative

Of course, no discussion of haikus and computers would be relevant these days without mentioning SPAM...
Haiku'da Been a Spam Filter
while skimming... my fav by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-14 05:38 · Score: 4, Funny

I liked this one:

Name: Albert Braun
Haiku:

my coworker thinks
perl is something to laugh at
it is not, smartass
hmmm by re-Verse · 2004-02-14 05:42 · Score: 4, Funny

i try to code perl
but i am very stupid
divide by zero
Haiku, the hacker connection. by Dr.+Evil · 2004-02-14 05:48 · Score: 3, Funny

Haiku is 31337
Or so Neil Stephenson wrote
So posers do Haiku
No good in English
Haiku is for Japaneese
In English it is...
Bad.
Perl haiku from a procrastinating non-entrant by LinuxParanoid · 2004-02-14 05:49 · Score: 2, Interesting

I wrote a couple haikus, tweaked them a bit, and then figured I'd look at the options again before submitting them. Ah well, too late. I'll submit them to you the Slashdot readership instead. Maybe I can get a Tshirt from CmdrTaco or another 1000 ad-free page-views? Lord knows I don't need the karma. .
.
As words from my lips,
so Perl flies from my fingers -
Ecstatic coding!
.
.
From God to Larry,
"Be fruitiful and multiply!"
Perl coders went forth.

.
--LP
Why? by Onikuma · 2004-02-14 05:49 · Score: 3, Interesting

I just don't get it. What is this obsession of Geeks and Haiku?
1. Re:Why? by Onikuma · 2004-02-14 05:52 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  i suppose i should have inclided some line breaks in there...
  
  I just don't get it.
  What is this obsession of
  Geeks and Haiku?
2. Re:Why? by kfg · 2004-02-14 06:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Damn if I know, dude.
  It may well be the challenge;
  Geeks are funny sorts.
  
  KFG
3. Re:Why? by e-Motion · 2004-02-15 16:44 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I just don't get it. What is this obsession of Geeks and Haiku?
  
  Slashdot and Haikus:
  A match, like Spring and flowers.
  You must be new here.
My favorite was... by inode_buddha · 2004-02-14 05:49 · Score: 2, Funny

fp.pl? (Score:5, Funny)
by CptChipJew (301983) on Thursday January 22, @11:24PM
(#8062958)
(Monday August 25, @03:56AM)
open(heart_to_perl);
content-type: haiku/firstpost;
or die "i fail it";
IMHO, he shoulda won. I was ROFL till the next day after seeing that one.

--
C|N>K
A real haiku by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-14 05:55 · Score: 5, Funny

My name is Chandeep
IT pro from Bangalore
I have your job now!
Terrible by molotovcD · 2004-02-14 05:56 · Score: 4, Informative

These are terrible haikus... these people should stick to programming, not poetry. It makes me cringe just thinking about them...
1. Re:Terrible by segmond · 2004-02-14 06:20 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  LOL, I thought I was the only one that noticed... but then again what do you expect from people that write ugly code? :) Now I wonder if python programmers had a haiku contest if their's will be nicer.
  
  --
  ------ Curiosity killed the cat. {satisfaction brought it back | it didn't die ignorant | lack of it is killing mankind
My Thoughts by Sideshow+Coward · 2004-02-14 06:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Read the article.
Was not that interesting.
Now, time for some porn.
Ironic by bXTr · 2004-02-14 06:07 · Score: 2, Funny

Although I like Perl,
I am beginning to like
Python even more.

--
It's a very dark ride.
An honest Haiku by Diesel+Dave · 2004-02-14 06:08 · Score: 3, Funny

Perl's syntax screams out
"Kill me now, kill me quickly"
I use Python now
1. Re:An honest Haiku by madpierre · 2004-02-14 09:43 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Name: Steve Joiner
  Haiku:
  
  I write code in Perl,
  Noone else understands it.
  Job security!
  
  Dear Steve
  Your job has been outsourced to Indian programmers.
  We can actually understand their clear concise code.
  Have your desk clear by Monday.
  
  Yours faithfully
  Human Resources
  
  --
  siggy played guitar
My favorite: by TheTranceFan · 2004-02-14 06:12 · Score: 4, Funny

By Duane O'Brien
searching for treasure swimming deep beneath the C i'm diving for perl
more haiku by potpie · 2004-02-14 06:13 · Score: 2, Insightful

Haiku article. So many haiku replies. So predictable.

--
Esoteric reference.
My 5-7-5 yo by mao+che+minh · 2004-02-14 06:14 · Score: 2, Funny

Perl flame wars erupt
Socially inept coders
Yep, this is Slashdot
My favorite web 404 message by moonbeam · 2004-02-14 06:19 · Score: 5, Funny

You step in the stream
But the water has moved on
The page is not here

--
---- perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(1 15),10);'
Winning was huge highpoint for me. by immanis · 2004-02-14 06:51 · Score: 4, Funny

One of my entries won 3rd place in the 'Written In Perl' category. I flipped out when I saw I had actually won. I figured the 'brute force of brainwashing/pestering the judges' was, at best, worth a mild chuckle. And I certainly thought all of my others were better. But I'm not one to argue.

I've been going on and on about it since Monday. Mostly because for me, it it means I have now unmistakably crossed the point of no return. I can no longer deny I am a geek. I can no longer even pretend to. But It's ok, I have come to terms.

--
best web host ever
Haiku story, yay by Zakabog · 2004-02-14 06:52 · Score: 2, Funny

This is so much fun
Haiku story on slashdot
Now we are poets
Re:python by xankar · 2004-02-14 08:11 · Score: 2, Funny

Silly slashdotter
You forgot to make your post
Into "Plain Old Text"

--
~To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. -Yann Martel
Geeks and humor by tverbeek · 2004-02-14 11:27 · Score: 2

My favorite thing about this contest is the fact that they judges not only appreciated the humor of the verse to which they gave "dishonorable mention", but they even published it. Geeks have a (not entirely undeserved) reputation for humorless fanaticism, and it's nice to see that set aside.
Unreadable code,
Why would anyone use it?
Learn a better way.

--
http://alternatives.rzero.com/
You asked for it by lxs · 2004-02-14 22:16 · Score: 2, Funny

first attempt at rhyming perl #!/usr/bin/perl print "fit for a duke or an earl"; while(10 == 5) {print"This code is alive!";} # and if that will not fly, try {system "ls"} or die; (OK so I cheated a little, see if you can do better)
Re:A Waste? by Hognoxious · 2004-02-14 23:02 · Score: 2, Insightful

but I kind of feel that people should spend more time enterprise-proofing their Open Source applications than crafting poetry into silly little code snippets that don't do anything of significance.
At least they don't expect you to pay them for it - unlike the M$ 'tards who embedded a flight sim in excel.

--
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."