Show HN: A Poem about C

C programming languagepoetrytechnology and society

Discussion (5 comments)

Showing 5 comments

3 months ago

1 reply

when i lay awake at night, there in the clockwork of my brain

i know the code was not right, but i will not code it again

it matters not how severe the bug, nor how the fixers will be stumped

when they uncover the hole i dug, seg fault (core dumped)

3 months ago

1 reply

That’s excellent. Would it be okay to use your poem in a book someday, with the proper attribution (it would be a book about writing C)?

3 months ago

1 reply

By all means.

3 months ago

Thank you! It may never actually happen, but I'll attempt to post back here if/when it does.

3 months ago

I think C is not an offense but an insult to reason.