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akkartik on Dec 1, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: A single line of Basic sends readers into a labyri...

Is it the same as this C snippet?

  main() { while (1) printf("%c", rand()%2 ? '/' : '\\'); }

Edit: Golfed my original snippet down, then put back original after mmphosis's identical translation.

activepeanut on Dec 1, 2012 | [–]

Small variant:

void main() { while (1) printf("%c", "/\\"[rand()%2] ); }

mmphosis on Dec 1, 2012 | [–]

yes.

  #include <stdio.h>
  main() { for(;;) printf(rand()%2 ? "/" : "\\"); }

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