Re: Prioritize Performance over Correctness

On 29/07/2026 5:35 AM, Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
> Pardon the top-posting. Just wanted to let you know that this
> didn't display well on my particular setup, as my newsreading
> software is set up to wrap at around 80 columns. IIRC this is
> (or used to be at least) the accepted limit for line lengths.

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.

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

My newsreader garbleds the paste in the newsreader-editor, but appears
to post correctly anyway.  You can also see the image sans thought
bubble at

   https://asciiart.website/search.php?q=myrkraverk&sort_by=random

and my own website.

Cross posting to comp.lang.c as well, for Keith.


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