A program in the same vein, but in Scheme (definitely a non-Java language):
(letrec ((f (lambda ()
(f))))
(f))
which, if you don't count the parentheses, is quite short.
Unlike its Java counterpart, any self-respecting properly tail-recursive
Scheme implementation will run this infinite loop indefinitely without
blowing the stack.
Just don't run this program while in a quite meeting, or the fan will
kick on and the presenter will ask "Is an airplane taking off?"
--
Weiqi
On 06/17/2011 12:14 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote:
void foo() {
try {}
finally { foo(); }
}
I wish I could take credit for this but it's actually code that I saw on
irc not long ago.
--
Cédric
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Kirk <kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com
<mailto:kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com>> wrote:
good one!!! I considers for(;;) {} but I wasn't sure what the
conditional would be.
Kirk
On Jun 17, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Ricky Clarkson wrote:
> <caine>Not many people know this</caine>, but:
>
> throw null; is valid Java, Scala and C#.
>
> The above is the one use of XML I wouldn't mind seeing in 20
years time.
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jonathan Fuerth
<fue...@fuerth.ca <mailto:fue...@fuerth.ca>> wrote:
>> If shorter is indeed stranger and C "Isn't Java," I can one-up Kirk:
>>
>> for (;;);
>>
>> Or
>>
>> GOTO: goto GOTO;
>>
>> (But of course this second one doesn't also work in Java, so
it's hardly
>> pushing the rules. Where's the fun in that?)
>>
>> -Jonathan
>>
>> On Jun 17, 2011 8:32 AM, "Joseph Ottinger"
<j...@enigmastation.com <mailto:j...@enigmastation.com>> wrote:
>>> And burns way more!
>>>
>>> while(true) {} // less steps, same number of characters and cycles,
>>> eat it BIATCH!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Kirk
<kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com <mailto:kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> for (;true;) {}
>>>>
>>>> shorter and also burns cycles ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Kirk
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:12 PM, Weiqi Gao wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just finished listening to #354, in which Dick Wall calls
for another
>>>>> round of the Strangest Loop Competition to win tickets to the
Strange Loop
>>>>> 2001 Conference in St. Louis, MO, USA.
>>>>>
>>>>> The stipulation this year is that the loop must be in a
language other
>>>>> than Java.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's my entry (it won't be the strangest for sure) to get
the balls
>>>>> rolling. It's a loop in C++:
>>>>>
>>>>> for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {}
>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't do anything except to burn cycles, but it is a
loop in a
>>>>> language other than Java. ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Weiqi Gao
>>>>> weiqi...@gmail.com <mailto:weiqi...@gmail.com>
>>>>> http://www.weiqigao.com/blog/
>>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Joseph B. Ottinger
>>> http://enigmastation.com
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