[spoon-discuss] Now I know

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This from the Thermo list:

> From bd:
> On Monday 28 April 2003 07:36 pm, Craig wrote:
> > <begin proposal 'agreement'>
> > A hot potato shall be created in the posession of a random player. It 
> > shall
> > be known as the Potato of Contrarianism. Its description shall be as
> > follows:
> > Whenever a proposal is submitted, the posessor of this hot potato shall
> > vote AGAINST it if it would not alter the Three Sacred Laws, and shall
> > ABSTAIN if it would. If multiple hot potatoes try to determine that
> > player's vote, which one succeeds will be random.
> >
> > This proposal shall be destroyed.
> > <end proposal 'agreement'>
> >
> > <begin proposal 'contrarianism'>
> > A hot potato shall be created in the posession of a random player. It 
> > shall
> > be known as the Potato of Agreement. Its description shall be as follows:
> > Whenever a proposal is submitted, the posessor of this hot potato shall
> > vote FOR it. If multiple hot potatoes try to determine that player's vote,
> > which one succeeds will be random.
> >
> > This proposal shall be destroyed.
> > <end proposal 'contrarianism'>
> >
> > I am FOR both.
>
> foreach $proposal in 'contrarianism' 'agreement'
> tell $proposal 'vote FOR'
> done
> - -- bd

I now know why we have a rule against pseudocode.

Orc in a Spacesuit

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