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From: Harry Mason <spam@no.spam>
Subject: Re: The Funky Fuzzball In: "Nuclear Fuzzball"
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On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:40:48 +0100, CJRandall <colin@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>  vi's all right ... when you know how to use it
>  would you like to see vi solve an ascii maze ?
>  i have a .shar file which has code and macros
>  which will do that

That sounds /nearly/ as bad as sed Sokoban.

>  maze.ansi.c
>  char*M,A,Z,E=40,J[80],T[3];main(C){for(M=J+E,*J=A=scanf("%d",&
>  C)            ;--            E;J             [E            ]=M
>  [E   ]=  E)   printf("._");  for(;(A-=Z=!Z)  ||  (printf("\n|"
>  )    ,   A    =              39              ,C             --
>  )    ;   Z    ||    printf   (T   ))T[Z]=Z[A-(E   =A[J-Z])&&!C
>  &    A   ==   M              [               A              ]
> |6<<11<rand()||!C&!Z?J[M[E]=M[A]]=E,J[M[A]=A-Z]=A,"_.":" |"];}
>  ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
> | |_. ._._| |_._._. |_. | |_. |_. ._._|
> |_. | | | |_. . |_._._._._. ._|_. | ._|
> | . | | |_. |_| | | ._._._. |_. ._. | |
>  [nosig]
[snip]

How does that monstr^W program work? I can't make it produce nontrivial mazes.

-- 
Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)