Thread: Preference - Letters in Hexadecimal Values Upper- or Lower-Case?

@Matticus:
I started this a week ago, and got stuck on the last line...finally finished it. It's not as good as I was hoping for, but I don't think I can do any better.

Code:

CAD BADE DEB ABED
DEB EBBED, CAD BEEFED, DEB CEDED
DEB DABBED BEADED FACE

This is the only "proper English" one I could come up with. Using numerals as homonyms and allowing for leet speak opens up a lot of possibilities.

The slightly salacious nature reminded me of limericks, but given how hard it was to find enough sensible content for 3 short lines, it seems unlikely I'll come up with 5 longer lines, especially when considering meter and rhyming.

@anduril462 - That is brilliant! Especially considering the limitations of the exercise. And with a much more consistent (and hilarious) narrative than my example. Well done!

Also, it's funny that you mention limericks - I'm a big fan of them. I always wanted to write a snippet of C code that, when read aloud, was a limerick. Something like this:

Code:

#define RUN   0
#define DONE  1

int state = RUN;
int counter = 0;

while(state != DONE) {      // while state is not equal to done
    counter = counter + 1;  // counter equals counter plus one
    if(counter == 8)        // if counter is eight
        state = DONE;       // assign "done" to state
    else                    // else state is set equal to "run"
        state = RUN;
}

It's a lot more difficult than it seems at first...

Nice! So did you start with the limerick or the code...or somewhere in the middle? That could actually be a sort of puzzle too, where the goal is to go from C to a limerick, or vice-versa. My first experience with limericks, which is where I became a fan, was when I found this book tucked away in my parent's shelves, when I was just at that age where I was starting to get some of the references.

I started somewhere in the middle, and bounced back and forth between code and verse.

That looks like a great book! Especially considering Isaac Asimov was a co-author. I'm going to have to add that to my wish list.

That's pretty close to what I got with the following:

Code:

$ grep -Eh '^[a-f]+$' /usr/share/dict/words
a
abbé
abed
accede
acceded
ace
aced
ad
add
added
b
baa
baaed
babe
bad
bade
be
bead
beaded
bed
bedded
bee
beef
beefed
c
cab
cabbed
cad
café
cede
ceded
d
dab
dabbed
dad
dead
deaf
deb
decade
decaf
deed
deeded
deface
defaced
e
ebb
ebbed
efface
effaced
f
fa
facade
face
faced
fad
fade
faded
fed
fee
feed

Note, the individual letters are listed, but not their "spelled out" variants (which I think are at least legal in Scrabble): "cee", "dee" and "eff". "bee" is already in there. Not sure how one spells "E" and "A".

Lim-ericks at 30 paces?
A game that sounds totally aces
A web search I tried
But unless Google lied
It is known in a very few places.


So Soma, our friend, don't be lame
And tell us how to play this game.
Or did you omit the rules
So we all look like fools
And the gold medal you always will claim?

Originally Posted by phantomotap

On the chance you want to know: the game is one of appreciation so has no real rules, winners, or losers being born in celebration of nonsensical poetry.

Two (or more) people of like mind gather in a receptive crowd to alternately challenge the others on verse with the "winner"/"loser" determined by cheers/jeers from the crowd.

So it's the original rap battle.