Christmas Computer Program (in C)

/*
AN ELECTRONIC CHRISTMAS/CHANUKAH CARD TO ALL 

Lyrics:	 Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.on.ca>
Code:	 Beverly Erlebacher <erlebach@cs.toronto.edu>
Written: December 1989

This code is in the public domain.
*/

#include 
#define DEFAULT_HOLIDAY "CHRISTMAS/CHANUKAH" #define DAYS_OF_NEGLECT 12

char heading[] = "AN ELECTRONIC %s CARD TO ALL\n\n\ 
Lyrics: Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.on.ca>\n\
Code: Beverly Erlebacher <erlebach@cs.toronto.edu>\n\n\
Dedicated to Dave Mason, Chris Siebenmann, and anyone who's left\n\
their computers alone just long enough for them to self-destruct:\n\n\
(Sung to the tune of something or other...)\n\n"; 

char * cardinal[] = {"And a", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", 
"Six", "Seven", "Eight", "Nine", "Ten", "Eleven", "Twelve"}; 

char * ordinal[] = {"first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", 
"seventh", "eighth", "ninth", "tenth", "eleventh", "twelfth", "thirteenth"}; 

char * item[] = { "burnt-out V.D.T.", "faulty tapes;", 
"heads crashed;", "bad blocks;", "core dumps;", "bad controllers; ",
"blown partitions;", "gettys dying;", "floppies frying;", "ports a-jamming;",
"chips a-smoking;", "boards a-blowing;" }; 

char daystr[] = "\nOn the %s day I left it, my Unix gave to me:\n"; 

char finale[] =
"\nOn the %s day I started adapting my Nintendo for the VME bus.\n"; 

main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];

{
int i, j;

printf(heading, argc > 1 ? argv[1] : DEFAULT_HOLIDAY); for (i = 0; i < DAYS_OF_NEGLECT; i++) {
printf(daystr, ordinal[i]);
if (i == 0)
printf("\tA %s\n", item[i]);
else for (j = i; j >= 0; j--)
printf("\t%s %s\n", cardinal[j], item[j]);
}
printf(finale, ordinal[DAYS_OF_NEGLECT]); exit(0);
}
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