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19821972 - INTERCAL

1982 - INTERCAL

1972 - INTERCAL

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1982 - INTERCAL

And you thought Fortran and Cobol were weird. This is insane!

Task 1

DO ,1 <- #27
DO ,1SUB#1 <- #110
DO ,1SUB#2 <- #32
DO ,1SUB#3 <- #72
PLEASE DO ,1SUB#4 <- #136
DO ,1SUB#5 <- #88
DO ,1SUB#6 <- #136
PLEASE DO ,1SUB#7 <- #64
DO ,1SUB#8 <- #80
DO ,1SUB#9 <- #46
PLEASE DO ,1SUB#10 <- #22
DO ,1SUB#11 <- #104
DO ,1SUB#12 <- #184
PLEASE DO ,1SUB#13 <- #202
DO ,1SUB#14 <- #78
DO ,1SUB#15 <- #48
PLEASE DO ,1SUB#16 <- #96
DO ,1SUB#17 <- #128
DO ,1SUB#18 <- #162
PLEASE DO ,1SUB#19 <- #110
DO ,1SUB#20 <- #32
DO ,1SUB#21 <- #114
PLEASE DO ,1SUB#22 <- #120
DO ,1SUB#23 <- #240
DO ,1SUB#24 <- #128
PLEASE DO ,1SUB#25 <- #208
DO ,1SUB#26 <- #200
DO ,1SUB#27 <- #52
DO READ OUT ,1
DO GIVE UP

I'm not going to try to explain INTERCAL's system of input and output; just read this and hope you don't die.

Task 2

DO WRITE IN 7
DO .1 <- .7
DO .2 <- #1
PLEASE DO (1010) NEXT
DO .8 <- .3
DO .5 <- .7
DO .6 <- .8
DO ,9 <- #2

DO (100) NEXT
DO (1) NEXT

(100) DO (99) NEXT
DO ,9SUB#1 <- #142
DO ,9SUB#2 <- #114
PLEASE DO READ OUT ,9
DO ,9SUB#1 <- #176
DO ,9SUB#2 <- #80
PLEASE DO READ OUT ,9
PLEASE GIVE UP

(99) DO .1 <- .7
DO .2 <- #1
PLEASE DO (1010) NEXT
DO .1 <- '.3~.3'~#1
PLEASE DO FORGET .1
DO RESUME #1

(1) PLEASE DO (3) NEXT
PLEASE DO FORGET #1
DO (1) NEXT

(3) DO (4) NEXT
PLEASE GIVE UP

(4) DO (8) NEXT
DO ,9SUB#1 <- #176
DO ,9SUB#2 <- #80
PLEASE DO READ OUT ,9
DO .6 <- .8
DO .1 <- .5
DO .2 <- #1
DO (1010) NEXT
DO .5 <- .3
DO .1 <- '.5~.5'~#1
PLEASE DO FORGET .1
DO RESUME #1

(8) DO (5) NEXT

(5) PLEASE DO (6) NEXT
PLEASE DO FORGET #1
DO (5) NEXT

(6) PLEASE DO (7) NEXT
DO RESUME #2

(7) DO (10) NEXT
DO .1 <- .6
DO .2 <- #1
PLEASE DO (1010) NEXT
DO .6 <- .3
DO .1 <- '.6~.6'~#1
PLEASE DO FORGET .1
DO RESUME #1

(10) DO (11) NEXT
DO (13) NEXT
DO (14) NEXT
DO (15) NEXT

(11) DO (111) NEXT
DO (112) NEXT

(13) DO (113) NEXT
DO (112) NEXT

(14) DO (114) NEXT
DO (112) NEXT

(111) DO .1 <- .6
DO .2 <- .8
DO (1010) NEXT
DO .1 <- '.3~.3'~#1
PLEASE DO FORGET .1
DO RESUME #1

(112) DO ,9SUB#1 <- #142
DO ,9SUB#2 <- #114
PLEASE DO READ OUT ,9
DO RESUME #3

(113) DO .1 <- .6
DO .2 <- #1
DO (1000) NEXT
DO .1 <- .5
DO .2 <- .3
DO (1010) NEXT
DO .1 <- '.3~.3'~#1
PLEASE DO FORGET .1
DO RESUME #1

(114) DO .1 <- '.6~.6'~#1
PLEASE DO FORGET .1
DO RESUME #1

(15) DO ,9SUB#1 <- #252
DO ,9SUB#2 <- #4
PLEASE DO READ OUT ,9
DO RESUME #2

Goodness gracious. This took me a bit to figure out. The label numbers are a mess and therefore reflect that. I'm not going to try to explain this unless someone asks.

Task 3

DO WRITE IN .5
DO WRITE IN .6

DO (1) NEXT

(1) PLEASE DO (3) NEXT
DO FORGET #1
DO (1) NEXT

(3) DO (4) NEXT
DO READ OUT .5
PLEASE GIVE UP

(4) DO .1 <- .5
DO .2 <- .6
PLEASE DO (1040) NEXT
DO .1 <- .3
DO .2 <- .6
PLEASE DO (1039) NEXT
DO .2 <- .3
DO .1 <- .5
DO (1010) NEXT
DO .5 <- .6
DO .6 <- .3
DO .1 <- '.6~.6'~#1
PLEASE DO FORGET .1
DO RESUME #1

This one's a tad simpler. Because of INTERCAL's...weirdness, you have to enter the numbers like this:

THREE FIVE

For instance, to get the GCD of 42 and 16, I'd enter:

FOUR TWO
ONE SIX

It also prints the number in Roman numerals...because that's INTERCAL for you!