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authorJakob Kaivo <jkk@ung.org>2022-03-04 12:32:20 -0500
committerJakob Kaivo <jkk@ung.org>2022-03-04 12:32:20 -0500
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import Miranda 2.066 from upstream
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+||this produces an endless self describing scroll of lines, as follows
+|| the 1st line is
+|| "the 1st line is"
+|| the 2nd line is
+|| ""the 1st line is""
+|| the 3rd line is
+|| "the 2nd line is"
+|| etc...
+||To see the result, say
+|| output
+||Hit control-C (interrupt) when you have seen enough.
+||If you would like to send the output to a file, say
+|| output &> fil
+||where `fil' is the name of the file in which you want to put it
+||this will create a background job
+
+output = concat[l++"\n"|l<-selflines]
+
+selflines = mklines 1
+
+mklines n = ("the "++ord n++" line is:"):
+ ("\""++selflines!(n-1)++"\""):
+ mklines(n+1)
+
+ord n = show n++suffix n
+
+suffix 1 = "st"
+suffix 2 = "nd"
+suffix 3 = "rd"
+suffix n = "th", if n=0 \/ 3<=n&n<=9
+ = "th", if (n mod 100)div 10 = 1 ||because of 11,12,13
+ = suffix(n mod 10), otherwise