Perl Haiku Contest Winners Announced 154
prostoalex writes "The ActiveState Perl Haiku Poetry Contest has ended. The results are in and here's the page with all the entries." Here's the original announcement.
You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred. -- Superchicken
Re:A Waste? (Score:5, Funny)
The winner would be:
What day is today?
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Oh.
It's Releasepatchday.
Hmmmm, Haikus. (Score:5, Funny)
Many Slashdot visitors
No response, it's down.
Haiku (Score:1, Funny)
Slashdot haiku should be next
Pointless post this
This is the best one (Score:4, Funny)
Slashdot Haiku (Score:5, Funny)
a haiku in time for the
first post. Woe is me.
Here's a haiku for you! (Score:4, Funny)
Let coders write code
Stay your path
Re:-1, redundant (Score:2, Funny)
wait...
Re:Hmmmm, Haikus. (Score:5, Funny)
Mod this post minus one troll
Metamod unfair.
Re:Hmmmm, Haikus. (Score:0, Funny)
Slashdot's moderation rules.
[Minus 1 flamebait]
while skimming... my fav (Score:4, Funny)
Name: Albert Braun
Haiku:
my coworker thinks
perl is something to laugh at
it is not, smartass
hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
but i am very stupid
divide by zero
Re:Why Not? (Score:5, Funny)
(doh, wait a minute. don't tell anyone I posted this...)
Haiku, the hacker connection. (Score:4, Funny)
Haiku is 31337
Or so Neil Stephenson wrote
So posers do Haiku
No good in English
Haiku is for Japaneese
In English it is...
Bad.
My favorite was... (Score:2, Funny)
by CptChipJew (301983) on Thursday January 22, @11:24PM
(#8062958)
(Monday August 25, @03:56AM)
open(heart_to_perl);
content-type: haiku/firstpost;
or die "i fail it";
IMHO, he shoulda won. I was ROFL till the next day after seeing that one.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
I just don't get it.
What is this obsession of
Geeks and Haiku?
A real haiku (Score:5, Funny)
IT pro from Bangalore
I have your job now!
My Thoughts (Score:5, Funny)
Was not that interesting.
Now, time for some porn.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
It may well be the challenge;
Geeks are funny sorts.
KFG
Ironic (Score:2, Funny)
Although I like Perl,
I am beginning to like
Python even more.
An honest Haiku (Score:4, Funny)
"Kill me now, kill me quickly"
I use Python now
Re: Haiku (Score:1, Funny)
So you can review your post
And check for errors
My favorite: (Score:4, Funny)
My 5-7-5 yo (Score:3, Funny)
Socially inept coders
Yep, this is Slashdot
My favorite web 404 message (Score:5, Funny)
But the water has moved on
The page is not here
Re:Here's a haiku for you! (Score:5, Funny)
code, strict as any sonnet
compilers, judges
Winning was huge highpoint for me. (Score:5, Funny)
I've been going on and on about it since Monday. Mostly because for me, it it means I have now unmistakably crossed the point of no return. I can no longer deny I am a geek. I can no longer even pretend to. But It's ok, I have come to terms.
Haiku story, yay (Score:3, Funny)
Haiku story on slashdot
Now we are poets
Re:Kinda lame... (Score:2, Funny)
If they did that how would the judges be able to *read*
and *make sense* of the entries? Face it perl code just
looks like a bunch of random punctuation.
Re:python (Score:2, Funny)
You forgot to make your post
Into "Plain Old Text"
Re:An honest Haiku (Score:2, Funny)
Name: Steve Joiner
Haiku:
I write code in Perl,
Noone else understands it.
Job security!
Dear Steve
Your job has been outsourced to Indian programmers.
We can actually understand their clear concise code.
Have your desk clear by Monday.
Yours faithfully
Human Resources
Re:Here's a haiku for you! (Score:5, Funny)
not by syntax but by form
show me rhyming perl
You asked for it (Score:3, Funny)
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "fit for a duke or an earl";
while(10 == 5)
{print"This code is alive!";}
# and if that will not fly,
try {system "ls"} or die;
(OK so I cheated a little, see if you can do better)
Re:Why? (Score:3, Funny)
Slashdot and Haikus:
A match, like Spring and flowers.
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