Pig C

[Lambert Meertens]

In article <249 at sdchema.sdchem.UUCP> tps at sdchema.UUCP (Tom Stockfisch) writes:
> In article <6874 at utzoo.UUCP> henry at utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>> ...  If you can read English you can read Pig Latin,
>> but nobody would tolerate documentation written in Pig Latin...
> This is such a great analogy, with Henry's permission I would like to coin
> the term
> 
> 	Pig C
> 
> to refer to C code [...] which effectively redefines the language.

I like this.  Also, if someone writes pseudo C code, you could call it

       Pigskin C

since it's only skin-deep (like, Pigskin Algol).

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     Lambert Meertens
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