Friday, 17 December 2010

#carolsincode - Christmas for Programmers

#carolsincode
#carolsincode are small pseudo-programs which contain a Christmas song. Some examples display the lyrics while others use the program's control structures to define the song.

Here are five examples in C, CSS and JavaScript. Can you do better? ;-)

var kings=new Array(3);
for (x in kings)
{
  kings[x].origin='orient';
  kings[x].bearingGift=true;
  kings[x].travelled='afar';
}


main() {
  int a;
  for (a=1;a<5;a++) printf("Noel, ");
  printf("Born is the King of Israel.");
}


#rudolf .nose {
  color: red;
  background: url('very_shiny.jpg');
}


while ( shepherds.watch() == 'flocks' &&
  date.getHours() in night )
{
  lord.angel--;
  glory.shone_around();
}


for ( c=1, c<=4, c++)
{
  noel()
};
king = new Object();
king.kingdom = 'Israel';

6 comments:

  1. Rob18 December 2010 at 14:08

    The Rudolf one is pretty funny...

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  2. John20 December 2010 at 05:38

    Great idea :) It inspired me to do some of my own:

    http://www.weedoorsbanging.com/archives/carols-in-code.html

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  3. Bruno23 December 2010 at 15:34

    for(i=0;i++<12;)alert("On day "+i+" of xmas: "+"drummers|pipers|lords|ladies|maids|swans|geese|rings|birds|hens|doves|partridge".split("|").map(function(x,n){return 12-n+" "+x}).slice(-i))

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  4. John24 December 2011 at 00:52

    bells.jingle(); bells.jingle(); while( all > 0 ) { way[all--].jingle(); } sleigh.horses=1; sleigh.ride();

    do {sleigh_bells.ring();} while (you.listening==true); for (snow in lane) {snow.glistening=true}; winter.wonderland='walking';

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  5. Nicolas24 December 2013 at 15:46

    #!/usr/bin/env python
    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

    import sys

    data = [
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 2, 4, 2 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 2, 4, 2 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2 ],
    [ 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8 ],
    [ 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 11, 2 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 11, 2 ],
    [ 0 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 8, 3, 8, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 8 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 8, 3, 8, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 8 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 8 ],
    [ 8, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8 ],
    [ 8, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 8, 2 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 2, 2, 8, 3, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2, 5, 8 ],
    [ 2, 4, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 2, 2, 8, 3, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2, 5, 8 ]
    ]

    print

    for line in data:
    [ sys.stdout.write( ('*' if i % 2 == 0 else ' ') * line[i]) for i in range(len(line)) ]
    print
    print

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  6. pepe28 September 2017 at 02:53

    nice

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