C Unites Workers

SECOND EDITION THE ANSI C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE BRIAN W. KERNIGHAN DENNIS M. RITCHIE ONE WORLD : ONE LANGUAGE. C UNITES WORKERS STRENGTH THROUGH POINTER ARITHMETIC #INCLUDE<STDIO.H> CHAR A[] = "\n";\nMAIN(){CHAR *B=A;PRINTF("%S",#INCLUDE<STDIO.H>\nCHAR A[] = "\\n";\nMAIN(){CHAR *B=A;SWITCH(*B){CASE '\n': PRINTF("\\n"); BREAK;\nCASE '\\': CASE '\"': PUTCHAR('\\'); DEFAULT: PUTCHAR(*B); PRINTF(0);}} PRINTF("#INCLUDE<STDIO.H>\nCHAR A[] = "\\n";\nMAIN(){CHAR *B=A;SWITCH(*B){CASE '\n': PRINTF("\\n"); BREAK; CASE '\\': CASE '\"': PUTCHAR('\\'); DEFAULT: PUTCHAR(*B);}} PRINTF(0);}

A stylized propaganda poster shows hands holding a copy of “The C Programming Language,” stamped “ANSI C,” above slogans praising C as a unifying language and pointer arithmetic. The joke reframes programming culture in the style of political propaganda, treating C programmers as ideological workers united by low-level technical knowledge. It is shared as a reaction to hardcore C programming, systems programming, or exaggerated programmer tribalism.

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