Requests for nominations of Great C Code (Was Re: Texts ...

[Don Libes]

>>I am very interested in the answers others have to the following:  What ts
>>the best C code you have ever read?
> 
>   I'd like to cast a negative vote for
>   the 4.2 BSD Un*x source, wholly unreadable.  :-)

I'd like to cast both positive and negative votes for Gosling's emacs.
And who could forget display.c?  I have reproduced the beginning of it
here for your amusement.

/********************************************************\
* 							 *
* 	Ultra-hot screen management package		 *
* 							 *
\********************************************************/

/****************************************************************

          		 /-------------\
			/		\
		       /		 \
		      /			  \
		      |	  XXXX	   XXXX	  |
		      |	  XXXX	   XXXX	  |
		      |	  XXX	    XXX	  |
		      \		X	  /
		       --\     XXX     /--
			| |    XXX    | |
			| |	      | |
			| I I I I I I I |
			|  I I I I I I	|
			 \	       /
			  --	     --
			    \-------/
		    XXX			   XXX
		   XXXXX		  XXXXX
		   XXXXXXXXX	     XXXXXXXXXX
			  XXXXX	  XXXXX
			     XXXXXXX
			  XXXXX	  XXXXX
		   XXXXXXXXX	     XXXXXXXXXX
		   XXXXX		  XXXXX
		    XXX			   XXX

			  **************
			  *  BEWARE!!  *
			  **************

			All ye who enter here:
		    Most of the code in this module
		       is twisted beyond belief!

			   Tread carefully.

		    If you think you understand it,
			      You Don't,
			    So Look Again.

 ****************************************************************/


Needless to say, the comment was not an exageration.

Don Libes          libes at cme.nbs.gov      ...!uunet!cme-durer!libes