PB closing in on C?

[Trond]

Is PureBasic closing in on C when it comes to compiling strange stuff?

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Compiles cleanly:

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pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb
pb -------------------------------------------------------------- pb
pb -- pb----pb-pb-pb-pb----------------pb-pb-pb-pb------------ -- pb
pb -- pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb----------pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb------ -- pb
pb -- pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-------pb-pb-------pb-pb-pb--- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb-----------------pb-pb------pb-pb----------pb-pb--- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb-----------------pb-pb------pb-pb------------pb-pb- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb-----------------pb-pb------pb-pb------------pb-pb- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb-----------------pb-pb------pb-pb------------pb-pb- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------pb-pb-------pb-pb-----------pb-pb-- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb--------------pb-pb---------pb-pb---------pb-pb---- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb----------pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb------ -- pb
pb -- pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-------------pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb--- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------------------pb-pb-----------pb-pb-- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------------------pb-pb-------------pb-pb -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------------------pb-pb-------------pb-pb -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------------------pb-pb-------------pb-pb -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------------------pb-pb-------------pb-pb -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------------------pb-pb----------pb-pb-pb -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------------------pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb -- -- pb
pb -- pb-pb----------------------------pb-pb-pb-pb-pb-pb------ -- pb
pb -------------------------------------------------------------- pb
pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb ** pb

[blueznl]

now trond is definitely looking for a life!

[dmoc]

And the result is...????

I hate it when I miss the ending of a story!

[Dare2]

[PB]

@Trond: How the hell did you come up with the idea of compiling that?

[Hydrate]

@Trond: How the hell did you come up with the idea of compiling that?

Its easy, this will also compile:

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pb ** pb
pb -- feel-the-pure-power -- pb
pb ** pb

Heres how it works:
pb -- has to be at the start of a line
-- pb has to be at the end of it
you can put anything in between the lines, as long as its not got a space in it, and it will compile fine. You can also use ** instead of --

Odd though...

[va!n]

looool
how cool is that? rofl...

[techjunkie]

Trond!!! How in the f*ck, did you think of this?

You have a weird mind, a weird mind...

[Trond]

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                            OpenConsole()
                            I = 45 + $36
                            While I > 1
                            Print(Str(I))
                            Print(" bot")
                           Print("tles o")
                        Print("f beer on th")
                     PrintN("e wall,") :Delay(5)
               Print(""  + Str(I) + " bottles of bee")
               PrintN("r.") : Print("Take one down, ")
               PrintN("pass it around,") : Goto a : b:
               If I > 2 : PrintN("") : EndIf : : : : :
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               I - 1 : Wend : Goto Epr : : : : : : : :
               a: If I > 2 : Print(Str(I-1)+ " bottl")
               PrintN("es of beer on the wall."):EndIf
               Goto b : Epr: Print("1 bottle of beer")
               PrintN(" on the wall.") : PrintN("   ")
               PrintN("1 bottle of beer on the wall,")
               PrintN("1 bottle of beer."):Print("Ta")
               PrintN("ke one down, pass it around, ")
               Print("No more bottles of beer on the")
               PrintN(" wall."):PrintN(""):Print("No")
               Print(" more bottles of beer on the w")
               PrintN("all,") : Print("No more bottl")
               PrintN("es of beer.") : Print("Go to ")
               PrintN("the store and buy some more, ")
               Print("99 bottles of beer on the wall")
                 PrintN(".") : : : : : : : : Input()

[freak]

Time for the first obfuscated code contest in PB