Re: Prioritize Performance over Correctness

[email protected] (Steven M. O'Neill) Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:34:51 -0000 (UTC)

Newsgroups	alt.ascii-art,comp.lang.c
Organization	The process of turning a pinto bean into a kidney
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Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson  <[email protected]> wrote:
>Apologies.  I did this in my text editor, and neglected to notice
>the longest line is 81 columns.  My editor says the end of the line
>is at 80, but starts the column count at zero.  I'm unsure if that
>should be counted as 80 columns, or 81.  Is the following any better
>for you?  The original displays correctly for me, in my newsreader.

Still wrapping. Here, I can remove the wrappy bits.
(the text makes less sense now :)

>           __  .----.__           .________________________________________.
>         -'  `/(#)#(#) `-  . o O ( I tend to assume people are more 
>         `     (#)#(#)  \ ___     ^(  than they actually are, because it )^^
>       __(     \ ,,,/    `.  ``.    (  makes them either feel better, or 
>      /   \     \,-/      |     \  (  times they rise to the challenge! 
>     |     `--   ( (      /__   (   ^^^(   )^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>      `   (   `---\ `---._` (    }   (^^ 
>      |   |    \   `----._`.`.  .'  ( For instance, this is an old ASCII 
>      .  ( `-)  \     `.  )) )  |    ( horror I made several years ago. 
>     /    \ /   /       )    / {      ( I got semi-famous for my 
>    /      \   /       (    |  (     ( of non-trivial ASCII art. )^^^^^^^^^^
>   /    ,\ /\\\        (    |_  \   ( And I made all of it by hand, 
>  /  /\(  )            /     .`\\\   ^^( this thought bubble. 
>  \\/  \             .-' | |  -_        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>        \           .'___( )  \ `-.
>                    -'   \/\___\\__\

Nice :D

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