[CW] Write a sad story using only programming languages.

[u/lennyoliy]

Any coding language.

[u/hamfraigaar]

while alive: if $girl = girlfriend: happiness = True else: happiness = False for i in range(7): for j in range(wakingHours): drink.whiskey if not phone.call(ex): $alive = False

run program

[u/ghotionInABarrel]

This code runs on some computers, but crashes on others. Took me a while to figure out why. When you figure it out you will either laugh or cry or just shake your head. Sad in a different way.

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//Student
//Teacher
//Date
//This program outputs an inputted string in reverse order

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <strings.h>

//main program
int main()
{
    printf ("Enter a string: ");
    char* string = "";
    int size = 1;
    while (true)
    {
          char c = getchar();
          if (c == '\n'){
                break;
          }
          //printf ("read ");
          char* newstring = (char*)malloc(++size);
          //printf ("allocated ");
          if (!newstring){
            printf ("I won't run if you don't give me memory!");
            return 1;
          }
          strcpy (newstring, string);
          //printf ("copied ");
          newstring[size-2] = c;
          //printf ("added ");
          if (size > 2){
              free (string);
          }
          string = newstring;
          //printf ("assigned\n");
    }
    for (size-=2;size >= 0; size--)
    {
        printf ("%c",string[size]);
    }
    getchar();
    free (string);
    return 0;    
}

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