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ÅæÄåæÇîîêìå ïÇìåöÇåäÆ ╧╧╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╡
╨╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╥╙│ countless features from one
╢ ≤ τ Σ ∩ ± ε µ ± α ∞ ∞ Σ ± ' ≥ █│ another) sometimes makes it
╢ ≡ ⌠ Φ Γ Ω µ ⌠ Φ π Σ ≤ ε █│ difficult to remember what
╢ ≤ τ Σ δ α φ µ ⌠ α µ Σ ≥ ! █│ language you're currently using.
╤▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█│ This handy reference is offered
│ as a public service to help
ß√ âα⌡Φπ ±⌠µµΦΣ±ε │ programmers who find themselves
│ in such a dilemma.
│
This was something that was │ ≤Ç≥è: ≥τεε≤ √ε⌠±≥Σδσ Φφ ≤τΣ σεε≤.
going around the office network │
that I thought needed wider │
distribution...I've made a few │ Γ : You shoot yourself in the
edits and additions, but the │ foot.
original author or authors remain │
unknown. Enjoy. │ Γ++ : You accidentally create a
│ dozen instances of yourself and
The proliferation of modern │ shoot them all in the foot.
programming languages (all of │ Providing emergency medical
which seem to have stolen │ assistance is impossible since
you can't tell which are bitwise │ scream, and shoot yourself in the
copies and which are just │ foot. When you try, however, you
pointing at others and saying, │ discover you can't because your
"That's me, over there." │ foot is of the wrong type.
│
σε±≤±αφ: You shoot yourself in │ Γεßεδ: Using a COLT 45 HANDGUN,
each toe, iteratively, until you │ AIM gun at LEG.FOOT, THEN place
run out of toes, then you read in │ ARM.HAND.FINGER on
the next foot and repeat. If you │ HANDGUN.TRIGGER and SQUEEZE. THEN
run out of bullets, you continue │ return HANDGUN to HOLSTER. CHECK
with the attempts to shoot │ whether shoelace needs to be re-
yourself anyway because you have │ tied.
no exception-handling capability. │
│ δΦ≥∩: You shoot yourself in the
∩α≥Γαδ: The compiler won't let │ appendage which holds the gun
you shoot yourself in the foot. │ with which you shoot yourself in
│ the appendage which holds the gun
απα: After correctly packing your │ with which you shoot yourself in
foot, you attempt to concurrently │ the appendage which holds the gun
load the gun, pull the trigger, │ with which you shoot yourself in
the appendage which holds the gun │ "appear" to have shot yourself in
with which you shoot yourself in │ the foot, but you'll have had so
the appendage which holds the gun │ much fun doing it that you won't
with which you shoot yourself in │ care.
the appendage which holds... │
│ τ√∩Σ±≤αδΩ: Put the first bullet
σε±≤τ: Foot in yourself shoot. │ of gun into foot left of leg of
│ you.
∩±εδεµ: You tell your program │ Answer the result.
that you want to be shot in the │
foot. The program figures out how │ ∞ε≤Φσ: You spend days writing a
to do it, but the syntax doesn't │ UIL description of your foot, the
permit it to explain it to you. │ bullet, its trajectory, and the
│ intricate scrollwork on the ivory
ßα≥ΦΓ: Shoot yourself in the foot │ handles of the gun. When you
with a water pistol. On large │ finally get around to pulling the
systems, continue until entire │ trigger, the gun jams.
lower body is waterlogged. │
│ α∩δ: You shoot yourself in the
⌡Φ≥⌠αδ ßα≥ΦΓ: You'll really only │ foot, then spend all day figuring
out how to do it in fewer │ to MIS and include a 400-page
characters. │ document explaining exactly how
│ you want it to be shot. Three
≥φεßεδ: If you succeed, shoot │ years later, your foot comes back
yourself in the left foot. If you │ deep-fried.
fail, shoot yourself in the right │
foot. │ ∩α±απε≈: Not only can you shoot
│ yourself in the foot, your users
öφΦx │ can, too.
% ls │
foot.c foot.h foot.o toe.c toe.o │ αΓΓΣ≥≥: You try to point the gun
% rm * .o │ at your foot, but it shoots holes
rm: .o: no such file or directory │ in all your Borland distribution
% ls │ diskettes instead.
% │
│ ±Σ⌡Σδα≤Φεφ: You're sure you're
ΓεφΓ⌠±±Σφ≤ Σ⌠ΓδΦπ: You shoot │ going to be able to shoot
yourself in somebody else's foot. │ yourself in the foot, just as
│ soon as you figure out what all
¥íÜ ΘΓδ: You send your foot down │ these nifty little bullet-
thingies are for. │
│
α≥≥Σ∞ßδΣ±: You try to shoot │
yourself in the foot, only to │
discover you must first invent │
the gun, the bullet, the trigger, │
and your foot. │
│
∞επ⌠δα£: After realizing that you │
can't actually accomplish │
anything in this language, you │
shoot yourself in the head ñ │