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In article <3656 at nsc.UUCP> chongo at nsc.UUCP writes:
>Worst abuse of the C preprocessor:
>
>	Jim Hague
>	University of Kent at Canterbury
>	Canterbury, Kent
>	UK
>
>	..mcvax!ukc!jmh
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>#define	DIT	(
>#define	DAH	)
>#define	__DAH	++
>#define DITDAH	*
>#define	DAHDIT	for
>#define	DIT_DAH	malloc
>#define DAH_DIT	gets
>#define	_DAHDIT	char
>_DAHDIT _DAH_[]="ETIANMSURWDKGOHVFaLaPJBXCYZQb54a3d2f16g7c8a90l?e'b.s;i,d:"

There's a bug here.  _DAH_[] should be initiated to

_DAHDIT _DAH_[]="ETIANMSURWDKGOHVFaLaPJBXCYZQb54a3c2g16g7c8a90l?e'b.s;i,d:"
						  ^ ^

Try input "2", and you'll see the bug.
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