Hello Poly Glots

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 Subject: A polyglot program
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 From: peril@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Peter Lisle)
 Date: 18 Mar 91 13:19:07 GMT
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 A little while ago some people were talking about polyglot programs in
 rec.puzzles, these are programs that are written in several languages.
 We thought it sounded like fun so we wrote this one.

 Our friends suggested we should post it -- so here it is, let us know
 what you think.


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                                                                          (*O/*_/
 Cu  #%* )pop mark/CuG 4 def/# 2 def%%%%@@P[TX---P\P_SXPY!Ex(mx2ex("SX!Ex4P)Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*------------------------------------------------------------------*+Ex=
 CuG #%*   POLYGLOT - a program in seven languages      15 February 1991  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*   Written by Kevin Bungard, Peter Lisle, and Chris Tham          *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*   We have successfully run this program using the following:     *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     ANSI COBOL:            MicroFocus? COBOL85 (not COBOL74)      *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     ISO  Pascal:           Turbo Pascal (DOS & Mac), Unix PC,    *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                            AIX VS Pascal                         *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     ANSI Fortran:          Unix f77, AIX VS Fortran              *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     ANSI C (lint free):    Microsoft C, Unix CC, GCC, Turbo C++, *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                            Think C (Mac)                         *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     PostScript:            GoScript?, HP/Adobe cartridge,         *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                            Apple LaserWriter?                     *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     Shell script:          gnu bash, sh (SysV, BSD, MKS), ksh    *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     8086 machine language: MS-DOS 2.00, 3.03, 4.01, 5.00 beta    *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                            VPix & DOS Merge (under unix)         *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                            SoftPC (on a Mac), MKS shell          *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*   Usage:                                                         *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     1. Rename this file to polyglot.[cob|pas|f77|c|ps|sh|com]    *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     2. Compile and/or run with appropriate compiler and          *+Ex=
 CuG #%*        operating system                                          *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*   Notes:                                                         *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     1. We have attempted to use only standard language features. *+Ex=
 CuG #%*        Without the -traditional flag, gcc will issue a warning.  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     2. This text is a comment block in all seven languages.      *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     3. When run as a .COM file with MS-DOS it makes certain      *+Ex=
 CuG #%*        (not unreasonable) assumptions about the contents of      *+Ex=
 CuG #%*        the registers.                                            *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*     4. When transferring from Unix to DOS, make sure that a LF   *+Ex=
 CuG #%*        is correctly translated into a CR/LF.                     *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*   Please mail any comments, corrections or additions to          *+Ex=
 CuG #%*   peril@extro.ucc.su.oz.au                                       *+Ex=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*------------------------------------------------------------------*QuZ=
 CuG #%*                                                                  *+Ex=
 CuG #%*!Mx)ExQX4ZPZ4SP5n#5X!)Ex+ExPQXH,B+ExP[-9Z-9Z)GA(W@'UTTER_XYZZY'CPK*+
 CuG #(*                                                                  *(
 C   # */);                                                              /*(
 C   # *)  program        polyglot (output);                             (*+
 C   #     identification division.
 C   #     program-id.    polyglot.
 C   #
 C   #     data           division.
 C   #     procedure      division.
 C   #
 C   # * ))cleartomark   /Bookman-Demi findfont 36 scalefont setfont     (
 C   # *                                                                 (
 C   #
 C   # *                  hello polyglots$
 C   #     main.
 C   #         perform
 C     * ) 2>_$$; echo   "hello polyglots"; rm _$$; exit
               print
 C             stop run.
      -*,                'hello polyglots'
 C
 C         print.
 C             display   "hello polyglots".                              (
 C     */  int i;                                                        /*
 C     */  main () {                                                     /*
 C     */      i=printf ("hello polyglots\n"); O= &i; return *O;         /*
 C     *)                                                                (*
 C     *)  begin                                                         (*
 C     *)      writeln  ('hello polyglots');                             (*
 C     *)                                                                (* )
 C     * ) pop 60 360                                                    (
 C     * ) pop moveto    (hello polyglots) show                          (
 C     * ) pop showpage                                                  ((
 C     *)
            end                                                          .(* )
 C)pop%     program       polyglot.                                      *){*/}
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 Have fun...

 Peter (Lisle)