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7.2

Windows is it's own virus.

Asked by sftweng in Windows XP Operating System

Tags: code, source

I'll award 250 points to the most humorous update to this summary of how windows works:

>"Source Code To Windows 98" (programmer humor)
>
>          /*  Source Code to Windows 98   */
>
>           #include "win31.h"
>           #include "win95.h"
>           #include "evenmore.h"
>           #include "oldstuff.h"
>           #include "billrulz.h"
>           #include "monopoly.h"
>           #define INSTALL = HARD
>
>           char make_prog_look_big[1600000];
>           void main()
>           {
>               while(!CRASHED)
>               {
>                   display_copyright_message();
>                   display_bill_rules_message();
>                   do_nothing_loop();
>                   if (first_time_installation)
>                   {
>                       make_50_megabyte_swapfile();
>                       do_nothing_loop();
>                       totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system();
>                       search_and_destroy_the_rest_of_OS/2();
>                       disable_Netscape();
>                       disable_RealPlayer();
>                       disable_Corel_Products();
>                       hang_system();
>                   }
>
>                   write_something(anything);
>                   display_copyright_message();
>                   do_nothing_loop();
>                   do_some_stuff();
>
>                   if (still_not_crashed)
>                   {
>                       display_copyright_message();
>                       do_nothing_loop();
>                       basically_run_windows_3.1();
>                       do_nothing_loop();
>                       do_nothing_loop();
>                   }
>               }
>
>               if (detect_cache())
>                   disable_cache();
>
>               if (fast_cpu())
>               {
>                    set_wait_states(lots);
>                    set_mouse(speed, very_slow);
>                    set_mouse(action, jumpy);
>                    set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
>               }
>
>               /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11"); */
>               /* printf("Welcome to Windows 95"); */
>               printf("Welcome to Windows 98");
>               if (system_ok())
>                   crash(to_dos_prompt)
>               else
>                   system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp", O_CREATE);
>
>               while(something)
>               {
>                   sleep(5);
>                   get_user_input();
>                   sleep(5);
>                   act_on_user_input();
>                   sleep(5);
>               }
>               create_general_protection_fault();
>           }
>


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