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Nursery Rhyme Code Poem [CSS]

Zach Leatherman — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:04:41 +0000

Code Poems are fun! The trick is to take a nursery rhyme (but really, it could be any commonplace work of writing – Famous Speeches, Bible Verses, Famous Quotes, etc.), and then turn it into pseudocode. The code must follow both the programming or markup language you’re using and the rhyme as closely as possible. See how precise you can make your rhyme fit. I accept critiques and suggestions for improving me rhyme code (or you could just rewrite my rhyme as you see fit).

#theChurch {}
#theChurch #theSteeple {}
#theChurch .door[state="open"] .people { visibility: visible; }
#theChurch #theParson { display: none; }
#theChurch > .upstairs #theParson:active { display: block; }
#theChurch #theParson:lang(prayers) { display: block; }

The above code poem is released under the BSD license. To use in production environment without error, do not include an element with an id attribute of “theChurch”. Obviously I’m kidding, don’t use this code. Not even for enterprise software.

Nursery Rhyme Code Poem [JavaScript]

Zach Leatherman — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:48:40 +0000

(function()
{
    function BlindMouse() {}
    BlindMouse.prototype.tail = true;
    BlindMouse.prototype.run = function(after) {};
 
    function Mice(mouse1, mouse2, mouse3)
    {
        this.mice = [];
        this.mice.push(mouse1, mouse2, mouse3);
        this.declare = function()
        {
            return this.mice.length + ' Blind Mice';
        };
        this.run = function(after)
        {
            for(var j=0,k=this.mice.length;j<k ;j++) {
                this.mice[j].run(after);
            }
        };
        this.cutOff = function(prop, weapon)
        {
            for(var j=0,k=this.mice.length;j<k;j++) {
                this.mice[j][prop] = false;
            }
        };
    }
 
    var mice = new Mice(new BlindMouse(), new BlindMouse(), new BlindMouse());
    alert(mice.declare());
    alert(mice.declare());
 
    function seeHow(they, func)
    {
        they[func]();
    }
 
    seeHow(mice, 'run');
    seeHow(mice, 'run');
 
    var farmersWife = function()
    {
        var weapon = 'Carving Knife';
        return {
            cutOff: function(creatures, prop)
            {
                creatures.cutOff('tail', weapon);
            }
        }
    }();
 
    mice.run(farmersWife);
 
    farmersWife.cutOff(mice, 'tail');
 
    function haveYouSeen(obj, timeSpan)
    {
        return true;
    }
 
    if(haveYouSeen('Such a Thing', 'Your Life')) {
        alert('as ' + mice.declare() + '?');
    }
}());

The above code poem is released under the BSD license. To use in production environment without error, please enclose with a try-catch block. Obviously I’m kidding, don’t use this code. Not even for enterprise software.

Nursery Rhyme Code Poem [PHP]

Zach Leatherman — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:54:14 +0000

< ?php class I { public __construct() { $star = new Star(); $star->size = 'little'; $star->twinkle(); $star->twinkle(); self::wonder($star, 'What are you?'); $world = new World(); $world->elevation = 'So High'; $star->setAbove($world); $d = new Diamond(); $d->position = 'In the sky'; $star->setLike($d); $star->twinkle(); $star->twinkle(); $star->size; // returns 'little' self::wonder($star, 'What are you?'); } public static function wonder($obj, $query) { $obj->query($query); } }

The above code poem is released under the BSD license. To use in production environment without error, please precede with the following command: error_reporting(0); Obviously I’m kidding, don’t use this code. Not even for enterprise software.