From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
Subject: Bob's Christmas Collection: Part 3 
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:47:32 GMT

  MERRY X'MAS (or equivalent) AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR  - in many languages!
  
  Arabic-classic  I'd Miilad said oua Sana saida
  Armenian        Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
  Azeri           Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
  Basque          Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On
  Breton          Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
  Bulgarian       Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo. Tchestita Nova Godina
  Chinese
    - Cantonese   Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
    - Mandarin    Kong He Xin Xi
    - " Hong Kong Kung Ho Hsin Hsi.  Ching Chi Shen Tan
  Cornish         Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
  Czech           Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
  Danish          Hermed v]re beste dnsker om en Gledelig Jul og et Godt Nytt]r
  Dutch           Zalig Kerstfeest en een gelukkig Nieuwjaar
                  Prettige Kerstdagen en een Voorspoedig Nieuwjaar
  English         Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
                  Season's Greetings
  Estonian        Roomsaid Joulu Phui ja Uut Aastat
  Finnish         Hyv?? Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
                  Toivotamme Hyv?? Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
  French          Joyeux Nohl et Bonne AnnJe
  German          Frohliche Weihnachten und ein Glpckliches Neues Jahr
  Greek           Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Etos
  Hawaiian        Mele Kalikimake me ka Hauoli Makahiki ho
  Hebrew          Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
  Hindi           Shub Naya Baras
  Hungarian       Boldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket
  Icelandic       Gledlig jol og Nyar
                  Gledileg jl og farsXlt komandi =r
  Indonesian      Selamah Tahun Baru
  Irish           Nollaig shona dhuit agus athbhliain faoi mhaise
  Italian         Buone Natalie e felice Capo d'Anno
                  Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo
  Japanese        Shinnen omedeto.  Kurisumasu Omedeto
  Korean          Sung Tan Chuk Ha
  Latvian         Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
  Lithuanian      Linksmu sventu Kaledu ir Laimingu Nauju Metu
  Manx            Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
  Marathi         Shub Naya Varsh
  Norwegian
    - Ny Norsk    Eg ynskjer hermed Dykk alle ein God Jul og eit Godt Nytt $r
    - Riksm]l     Gledlig jul og godt Nytt $r
  Polish          Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
  Portuguese      Feliz Natal e propero Ano Novo
                  Feliz Natal e Bom Ano Novo
  Rapa-Nui        Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi.  Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
  Romanian        Sarbatori Fericite.  La Multi Ani
  Russian         Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
  Samoan          La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
  Scottish        Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
  Serb-Croatian   Sretam Bozic.  Vesela Nova Godina
  Singhalese      Subha nath thalak Vewa.  Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
  Slovak          Vesele Vianoce.  A stastlivy Novy Rok
  Slovene         Vesele Bozicne.  Screcno Novo Leto
  Spanish         Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ato Nuevo
  Swedish         Glad Jul och ett gott Nytt $r
                  Vi vill h?rmed nska en God Jul och ett Gott Nytt $r
  Tagalog         Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
  Tamil           Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
  Turkish         Yeni Yilnizi Kutar, saadetler dilerim
  Ukrainian       Veselykh Svyat i scaslivoho Novoho Roku
  Vietnamese      Chuc mung nam moi
  Welsh           Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
  
  Some problems may happen with special characters - sorry about this.
  
  -> Please, all of you, send me whatever is missing and I'll include it in...
  next year's edition !  Same thing if you spot any mistake. Please send to:
  send to rigaut@frurbb51
  ==
  
  From: ded@aplvax.UUCP
  Subject: Merry Christmas Programs
  
  Well, here it is: the long awaited list of "Merry Christmas" programs.  
  If you are a crawled-out-from-under-a-rock sort of person and don't 
  know what's going on here, then you should read the following sentence:
  I don't know what's going on here either.  For some reason, I wanted
  to collect a group of programs which print the phrase "Merry Christmas"
  15 times.  If you can figure out why I wanted to do this, please let 
  me know.
  
  Thanks alot to all the nice folks who inundated me with mail.  Some of 
  the submissions made extremely clever use of editors and utility languages
  (I'm particularly fond of the UNIX shell script by Ben Hyde).  A few errors
  probably crept in due to transmission errors and my editing, and for that
  I apologize (because you're probably gonna be swamped by a horde of
  prepubescent fault finders).
  						--Don Davis
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* 6502 assembly */
  
  START	LDX #$0F
  LOOP1	LDY #$10
  LOOP2	LDA MCDATA,Y
  	JSR $FDF0	(CHAROUT or something like that)
  	DEY
  	BPL LOOP2
  	DEX
  	BPL LOOP1
  	RTS
  
  MCDATA	ASC "
  
  			~ Kenn Frankel
  
  			...!sdcsvax!sdccs6!ix192
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Ada version */
  
  	with text_io; use text_io;
  	program print_merry_christmas is
  
  	begin
  		for i in 1..15 loop
  			put("Merry Christmas"); new_line;
  		end loop;
  	end print_merry_Christmas;
  
  I tested the program using the SuperSoft/Maranatha Ada compiler.
     -- Dave Norris
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /*  Ada  */
  
  /*  This program is merely an ordinary loop.  It was developed by	*/
  /*  Rob Pearce of JHU/APL. Oh yes; Rob is English.	                */
  
      1   with text_io; use text_io;
      2
      3   procedure number_a is
      4
      5     i_max:constant integer:=15;
      6     type i_type is range 1..i_max;
      7
      8     package i_type_io is new integer_io(num=>i_type);
      9
     10   begin  -- number_a
     11     for i in i_type loop
     12       i_type_io.put(item=>i,
     13                     width=>2);
     14       put("  " &
     15           "God save the Queen");
     16       new_line;
     17     end loop;
     18   end number_a;
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Ada */
  
  -- This program counts to 15, but does so  via  three  "concurrently
  -- executing"  tasks.   The  output has been modified to be a single
  -- character instead of the full  "Merry  Christmas"  message.   The
  -- first  task  prints,  sequentially,  0..4.  The second prints, in
  -- turn, 5..9; and the third sequentially prints A..E.
  -- 
  -- If we had used the full "Merry Christmas" line,  then  the  three
  -- concurrent  tasks would have (almost certainly) interleaved their
  -- respective character strings, and one would have not been able to
  -- read any of the messages!
  -- 
  -- The program was developed by Rob Pearce of JHU/APL, and  was  run
  -- on a validated Ada system, the NY University, Ada/ED. The machine
  -- was a VAX-11/750 under typical loading. (Note the times;  they're
  -- about  the  same  on an empty machine, too!) The listing has been
  -- edited to remove the "uninteresting" lines and the  #$^&  control
  -- characters.
  --					Mars Gralia
  --					11/11/8
  
  NYU ANSI-Ada/ED 1.1(11-Apr-83)        FRI  11 NOV 83  09:27:31   PAGE     1
  
      1   with text_io; use text_io;
      2
      3   procedure number_f is
      4
      5     task A;
      6     task B;
      7     task C;
      8
      9
     10     task body A is
     11
     12     begin  -- A
     13       for ch in character range '0'..'4' loop
     14         put(ch);
     15       end loop;
     16     end A;
     17
     18
     19     task body B is
     20
     21     begin  -- B
     22       for ch in character range '5'..'9' loop
     23         put(ch);
     24       end loop;
     25     end B;
     26
     27
     28     task body C is
     29
     30     begin  -- C
     31       for ch in character range 'A'..'E' loop
     32         put(ch);
     33       end loop;
     34     end C;
     35
     36
     37   begin  -- number_f
     38     null;
     39   end number_f;
  
    No translation errors detected
    Translation time: 69 seconds
  
  
  NYU ANSI-Ada/ED 1.1(11-Apr-83)        FRI  11 NOV 83  10:34:05   PAGE     1
  
    Binding time: 3.3 seconds
  
    Begin Ada execution
  
  5A06B127C38D94E
  
    Execution complete
    Execution time: 51 seconds
    I-code statements executed: 97
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Algol-60 */
  
  begin comment Algol-60 version.  "Print" is system defined;
  integer i;
  
  for i := 1 step 1 until 15 do Print("Merry Christmas")
  
  end
  
            		--  chip elliott     ...decvax!dartvax!chip
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Algol-68 */
  
  	BEGIN
  	TO 15
  		DO
  		print(("Merry Christmas",newline))
  		OD
  	END
  
  	  -- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)  [UUCP]
  			       (andrew.tektronix@rand-relay)     [ARPA]
  
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* APL */
  __
  \/ PROG ; S
       ___					__
  [1]  ! ! <- (15, pS) p S <- 'Merry Christmas'   \/
       ---
  
  Here's an APL version.  Since APL uses more than the ASCII character set,
  I had to fake it some.  The triangle is the greek character 'del' (an
  upside-down delta), the first symbol on line [1] is a 'quad', a
  rectangular block, the '<-' is a left arrow, and the lower-case 'p'
  is the greek character 'rho'.  Have fun.
  
  					^-^ Bruce ^-^
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* APL */
  
  	15 15 rho 'Merry Christmas'
  
  (rho is the greek letter of that name, the reshape operator in APL)
  
  That may not count, since it's more like an expression than a
  program, but it will do what you asked for.  I guess you could make
  it a program if you wanted, as follows:
  
  	del merry
  	[1] 15 15 rho 'Merry Christmas'
  	del
  
  (del is a little upside-down triangle)
  
  					Joe Ziegler
  					...ihnp4!pegasus!lzmi!ziegler
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* APL */
  
      Here is an APL Merry Christmas. Since APL uses a different chracter set,
  I will use the following identifiers for non-ascii chracters:
      RHO - greek letter rho
      BOX - the rectangle or window character
      ASGN - the back-arrow assignment character
      TRI - upside-down triangle
  
  TRI merry ; mesg
  BOX ASGN (15,RHO mesg)RHO mesg ASGN "Merry Christmas"
  TRI
  
  			---From some unknown person on the other side of uucp 
  
  ==========================================================================
  /* AWK */
  	awk 'BEGIN {for (i=1;i<=15;i++) print "Merry Xmas"}' /dev/null
  
  			From: seismo!mcvax!steven (Steven Pemberton)
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* AWK */
  (note that it wants some standard input):
  	
  BEGIN { for (i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
  	printf "Merry Christmas\n"
  	}   
  }   
  	
  			From: David Chase <rbbb@rice>
                  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* B */
  (not the predecessor of "C", by the way).
  
      HOW'TO MERRY'CHRISTMAS:
  	FOR i IN {1..15}:
  	    WRITE 'Merry Christmas' /
  
  The string quote in B is used like the underscore in "C".
  HOW'TO introduces a procedure declaration.
  Indentation is used for grouping statements.
  The slash is used in WRITE-commands to indicate a newline.
  Actually, this definition should be followed by a call:
  
      MERRY'CHRISTMAS
  
  You could also write the body of the procedure instead of the call,
  and then would have no need for the definition ("B" has no clear
  notion of what a program is; usually it's a group of procedures
  and functions living together in a workspace).
  
  --
  Guido van Rossum, "B Group",
  Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, (CWI, formerly MC), Amsterdam
  {philabs,decvax}!mcvax!guido
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Applesoft BASIC */
  
  10 FOR I = 1 TO 10 : PRINT "MERRY CHRISTMAS" : NEXT I
  
  			---From some unknown person on the other side of uucp 
  
  ==========================================================================
  	
  /* Basic-Plus (DEC Basic on RSTS/E) */
  	
  		10	! Merry Christmas program &
  			! Written by David Kaufman for Usenet survey
  	
  		20 For I = 1 to 15 \ &
  			Print "Merry Christmas" \ &
  			Next I
  	
  		30 End 	! Optional, but helps reloading command
  	
  		Merry Christmas!
  			David Kaufman
  			...decvax!yale-comix!kaufman
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* BASIC */
  
  1000 i=0
  1010 if i=15 then goto 1050
  1020 print 'Merry Christmas'
  1030 i = i+1
  1040 goto 1010
  1050 end
  
  						That's All
  						Dave Wargo
  						UCSD
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* bc */
  
  bc<<!
  for(i=19^83;i<=19^83+14;i++) "Merry Christmas
  "
  !
  					--unknown hacker
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* BCPL */
  
          // Cambridge IBM implementation
          get "libhdr"
          let start(parm) be $(
              selectoutput(findoutput("sysprint"))
              for i := 1 to 15 do writef("Merry Christmas*N")
          $)  
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* BCPL */
  
  GET "libhdr"
  
  LET start() BE
  	FOR index = 1 TO 15 DO writes("Merry Christmas*n")
  
  
  			From: jd@ukc.UUCP
  			Organization: Computing Lab. Kent University, England
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Bliss-11 */
  
  module Christmas =
  begin \Main\
  
  external MsgScan;
  local i;
  
  incr i from 1 to 15 do
    MsgScan( uplit asciz "Merry Christmas%C" );
  
  end \Main\
  eludom
  
  				From: leiby
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* C */
  
  main()
  {
  	int i;
  
  	for (i=0; i<15; i++)
  		printf("Merry Christmas\n");
  }
  						by Don Davis
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* CDC 6000-type assembly */
  
          IDENT   MERRY
          ENTRY   MERRY
          SYSCOM  B1
  
  OUTPUT  FILEB   OBUF,101B,FET=8
  OBUF    BSS     101B
  
  COUNT   DATA    14
  
  
  MERRY   SB1     1
  
  MERRY1  WRITEC  OUTPUT,(=C*MERRY CHRISTMAS*)
  
          SA1     COUNT
          SX6     X1-1
          SA6     COUNT
          NZ      X1,MERRY1
  
          WRITER  OUTPUT,R
          ENDRUN
          END     MERRY
  
  Jeff Lee
  CSNet:	Jeff @ GATech		ARPA:	Jeff.GATech @ CSNet-Relay
  uucp:	...!{sb1,allegra,ut-ngp}!gatech!jeff ...!duke!mcnc!msdc!gatech!jeff
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* CGOL */
  ( an extensible language that translates into MACLISP)
  
  	for i in 1 to 15 do print "Merry Christmas"<ESC>
  
  The value of this expression is nil, if you really want a list of them,
  
  	for i in 1 to 15 collect "Merry Christmas"<ESC>
  
  				Garret Swart
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* CLI */
  To print Merry Christmas 15 times under Data General's CLI's (command line
  interpreters):
  
  	RDOS, RTOS, DOS:	MESSAGE Merry Christmas(,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)
  	AOS, AOS/VS:		write Merry Christmas(,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)
  
  (for your information, the parenthesis indicate that the command will be
  executed multiple times, with possible subsitutions, so "write a(b,c) d" would
  write two lines:  "abd" and "acd".  Since nothing is substituted, the same
  command is executed 15 times.  BTW, write can be abreviated to "wr", "wri", ...)
  
  				Michael Meissner
  				Data General Corporation
  				...{allegra, decvax!ittvax, rocky2}!datagen!mrm
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* CLU */
  
  start_up = proc ()
      po: stream := stream$primary_output ()
      for i: int in int$from_to (1, 15) do
          stream$putl (po, "Merry Christmas")
  	end
      end start_up
  
  				Happy Hacking!
  
  				Russell Finn
  				{decvax, eagle, mit-eddie}!mit-vax!russ
  				RUSS%MIT-VAX@MIT-ML
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* CLU */
  (Liskov, August 1977 CACM)
  
  start_up = proc ()
     for i: int in int$from_to(1, 15) do
        stream$putl(stream$primary_output(), "Merry Christmas")
     end
  end start_up
  
  			Original-From:     J. Dean Brock <brock@unc>
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* COBOL */
  
         IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. 
         PROGRAM-ID. XMASPRINT.
         ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
         CONFIGURATION SECTION.
         SOURCE-COMPUTER. UNIVAC-1110.
         OBJECT-COMPUTER. UNIVAC-1110.
         DATA DIVISION.
         PROCEDURE DIVISION.  
         0000-MAIN.
             PERFORM 10-PRINT 15 TIMES.
             STOP RUN.
         10-PRINT.  DISPLAY 'Merry Christmas' UPON PRINTER.
  
  		From: seismo!decvax!sdcsvax!ittvax!dcdwest!noscvax!kemp
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Cprolog */
  
  /* Write Merry Christmas 15 times in 4.1bsd Cprolog 
   *  To execute, get into prolog, then issue the commands:
   *  |?- ['xmas.p'].
   *  |?- xmas.
   */
  
  xmas :- name(Text,"Merry Christmas") , writeline(Text,15).
  writeline(_,0).
  writeline(Text,N) :- write(Text) , nl , M is N - 1 , writeline(Text,M).
  
  		From: seismo!decvax!microsof!ubc-vision!mprvaxa!tbray
                  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* dBASEII */
  
  	store 0 to number
  	do while number < 15
  		? "Merry Christmas"
  		store 1+number to number
  	enddo
  	release number
  
  				From: seismo!philabs!sbcs!BNL!jeffy
  					--Jeff M.
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* dBASE II */
  
  SET TALK OFF
  STORE 0 TO counter
  DO WHILE counter < 15
      @ counter, 0 SAY "Merry Christmas"
      STORE counter + 1 TO counter
  ENDDO
  RETURN
  
  				From: mike@uokvax.UUCP
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* 'csh' command version */
  
  repeat 15 echo Merry Christmas
  
  			Original-From:     Bruce Israel <israel@umcp-cs>
  
  ==========================================================================
  /*  DCL (VAX/VMS shell) */
                  
          $ i = 1
          $ loop:
          $ if i.gt.15 then goto done
          $ write sys$output "Merry Christmas"
          $ i = i + 1
          $ goto loop
          $ done:
          $ exit
                  
          From: David Chase <rbbb@rice>
  
  ==========================================================================
                  
  /* DCL */
  And (as I noticed that Un*x shell scripts were on your list, and in
  the interest of equal time) here it is in DCL (Digital Command
  Language, a CLI which runs on many DEC machines -- I cut my teeth on
  VAX/VMS):
  
  $ i = 1
  $ loop:
  $ write sys$output "Merry Christmas"
  $ i = i + 1
  $ if i .le. 15 then goto loop
  $ exit
  
  				Happy Hacking!
  
  				Russell Finn
  				{decvax, eagle, mit-eddie}!mit-vax!russ
  				RUSS%MIT-VAX@MIT-ML
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* DDL */
  
  Here is a Merry Christmas program written in DDL. Yes DDL, the Dungeon
  Definition Language from UCLA. I have included a makefile
  in case you have never seen this stuff before.
  
  *********************** xmas.ddl *************************
  VAR count;
  (count) = 1;
  
  Greetings =	( WHILE ( $lt @count 15 ) :
  		( $setg count ( $plus 1 @count ))
  		( $say "Merry Christmas\n")
  	)
  	($spec 3 0 0 0 0);
  
  START = ($sdem Greetings);
  
  *********************** makefile *************************
  
  xmas:
  	/usr/src/games/ddl/ddlcomp tiny < tiny.ddl > ddlcomp.out
  
  To run it type the following
  
  	`/usr/games/lib/ddlrun xmas'
  
  
  				- Joel
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* ed */
  
  	ed - /etc/passwd<<!
  	1,15g/./s/.*/Merry Christmas/p
  	q
  	!
  
  		From: seismo!mcvax!steven (Steven Pemberton)
  
  ==========================================================================
  /* ed  */
  (UNIX 'standard' line editor):
  
          a   
          Merry Christmas
          .   
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          t.  
          1,$p
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Concurrent-Euclid */
  ------------------
  var xmas :
      module
      include '%IO'
      initially
  	imports (var IO)
  	begin
  	    var i : ShortInt := 0
  	    loop
  		IO.PutString ('Merry Christmas$N$E')
  		i := i + 1
  		exit when i = 15
  	    end loop
  	end
  end module {xmas}
  ------------------
  
  Stephen Perelgut    Computer Systems Research Group    University of Toronto
  	    Usenet:	{linus, ihnp4, allegra, decvax, floyd}!utcsrgv!perelgut
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Concurrent Euclid */
  
  var MerryChristmas :
      module
  
      include '%IO'
  
      initially
  
  	imports (var IO)
  	begin
  	    var i: SignedInt := 15
  
  	    loop
  		IO.PutString('Merry Christmas$N$E')
  		i := i - 1
  		exit when i = 0
  	    end loop
  	end
  
  end module
  
  				From utcsrgv!utai!rayan 
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* EYE */
  
  Since you said "the more obscure the better", here is the program written in
  EYE, a language which was implemented by Kuck & Associates, Inc. of 
  Champaign, Illinois as an implementation language for writing a large piece
  of software.
  
  program yule_tidings is
  
  constant number_of_times_to_print_merry_christmas : integer = 15;
  
  begin( yule_tidings )
  
  	for i:integer = 1 to number_of_times_to_print_merry_christmas
  	loop( print_merry_christmas )
  
  		put( 'Merry Christmas' | );
  
  		endloop( print_merry_christmas );
  
  	end( yule_tidings );
  					Jim Davies
  					{pur-ee parsec}!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!davies
  
  ==========================================================================
    
  /*  FRED  */
  (a text editor)
  
  u15 jm Merry Christmas
  
  				From: decvax!watmath!ljdickey
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Forth */
  
  (Forth)
  15 0 DO ."Merry Christmas" CR LOOP
  
  					Adam Reed
  					AT&T Information Systems
  					ihnp4!hogpc!pegasus!lzmi!adam
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Forth */
  
  : greetings cr 0 do ." Merry Christmas" cr loop ;
  
  15 greetings
  
  
  				Dave Seaman
  				..!pur-ee!pucc-k:ags
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Fortran? */
  
  If you want an obscure solution, try the following Fortran
  on a VAX.  It works on BSD4.1, BSD4.1c and System V.
  
  	integer table(12)
  	data table/248514560, -552542885, 4847, -83763968
       1, 323331, 1542717440, 1260, 1292108988
       2, 2037543525, 1919435552, 1836348265, 684897/
  	call out(table)
  	end
  
  	subroutine out(code)
  	external code
  	call code
  	return
  	end
  -- 
  
  Griff Smith	AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
  Phone:		(201) 582-7736
  Internet:	ggs@ulysses.uucp
  UUCP:		ulysses!ggs
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Fortran 77 */
  
        program yule
        parameter (nwish = 15)
  c
        do 1 i = 1,nwish
      1   print*,'Merry Christmas'
  c
        end
  					Jim Davies
  					{pur-ee parsec}!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!davies
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* FP */
  (Backus' Functional Programming Language):
  (Using the syntax of Scott Baden's UNIX implementation)
  
          ; MC prints the string 'Merry Christmas' 15 times when applied
          ;                       to any argument and returns T.
          {MC     %T @ out @ &%"Merry Christmas\n" @ iota @ %15}
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* GPSS */ 
  
  	SIMULATE
  	GENERATE	1
  	TERMINATE	1
  	START		15,,1
  	REPORT
  	TEXT		MERRY CHRISTMAS
  	END
  
  			---From some unknown person on the other side of uucp 
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* IBM 370 assembly */
  
  How about this one (IBM 370 assembler running VM/VPS - a local hack at Boston
  University):
  
  xmas      csect
            stm     r14,r12,12(r13)
            lr      r12,r15
            using   xmas,r12
            st      r13,savearea+4
            la      r13,savearea
  
  *
  *         Initialize counter
  *
  
  xmasloop  ds      0h
            la      r2,15                   Print it 15 times
            qio     rb=xmasrb               Print "Merry Christmas"
            bct     r2,xmasloop
  
            l       r13,4(,r13)             Restore registers
            lm      r14,r12,12(r13)
            br      r14                     Return to OS
  
  xmasrb    qiorb   ddname=sysprint,bufad=xmasmsg,lrecl=l'xmasmsg
  xmasmsg   dc      c' Merry Christmas'     Don't forget carriage control
            end     xmas
  
  
  If that isn't obscure, I don't know what is.
  
  			---Sender: reg@ima!vaxine.UUCP
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Icon */
  
      # write "Merry Christmas" 15 times on standard output
      procedure main()
  	    every 1 to 15 do write("Merry Christmas")
      end
  
  "1 to 15" is a generator which produces the sequence 1..15;
  "every X do Y" evaluates Y for each value of X;
  write() writes a line of text.
  
  					Randy Hudson
  					decvax!cca!ima!inmet!rgh
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Icon (Version 5) */
  
  procedure main()
      every write(|"Merry Christmas") \ 15
  end
  
  The more canonical solution is:
  
  procedure main()
      every 1 to 15 do
          write("Merry Christmas")
  end
  
  but obviously isn't as devious.
  
  					---Bill Mitchell
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Imp80 */
  
  %begin
  	%integer index
  
  	%for index = 1, 1, 15 %cycle
  		Print String("Merry Christmas")
  		New Line
  	%repeat
  %end %of %program
  
  				From: jd@ukc.UUCP
  		Organization: Computing Lab. Kent University, England
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* The Kent Recursive Calculator */
  
  	there you are, here is the merry christmas program in my favourite 
  	language, krc (The Kent Recursive Calculator),
  	a teaching and research applicative language used at the University of
  	Kent, Canterbury, UK.
  	the syntax is annexed and requests for the full formal description
  	of the language (syntax+semantics) will be considered.
  	the program is:
  
  	print 0 = []
  	print n = "Merry Christmas":nl:print (n-1)
  
  	and the command to run it (in the interpreter) is
  
  	print 15!
  
  	silvio lemos meira
  	computing lab
  	university of kent at canterbury
  	...vax135!ukc!srlm
  
  	SYNTAX...
  
  (note: space is limited, but the syntax is available upon request;
  	just send me a stamped, self-addressed antelope -- Don Davis)
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* LISP */
  
     (do ((i 0 (add1 i)))
         ((eq i 15))
         (msg "Merry Christmas" N))
  
  
  				Dave Seaman
  				..!pur-ee!pucc-k:ags
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Scheme or Maclisp or Franz Lisp */
  ;
  (do ((i 0 (+ i 1)))
      ((= i 15))
      (princ "Merry Christmas")
      (terpri)   ;new line
  )
  
            		--  chip elliott     ...decvax!dartvax!chip
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* MTS Lisp */
  
    (repeat '( print '"Merry Christmas") 15)    # MTS Lisp.
                   Bruce Wilcox, Intermetrics Inc.
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* LSRHS Logo */
  (from the Usenix82 tape):
  
  to greet :n
  10  if :n >1 then greet (:n - 1)
  20  print [Merry Christmas]
  end
  greet 15
  
  		From: seismo!decvax!trw-unix!trwspp!urban (Mike Urban)
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Logo */
  
          repeat 15 [print "Merry\ Christmas]
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* LSE */
  
  Here's a language you probably have never heard of... LSE (Langue
  Symbolique d'Instruction, or Symbolic Language of Instruction).  I
  used it on some ancient machine in France (of French make) and it is
  roughly parallel to BASIC translated to French.  It sure isn't my
  favorite, but it's interesting...
  
  10 pour i = 1 jusqua 15 faire 20
  20 afficher "Merry Christmas"
  
  
  				Philippe Lacroute
  				..decvax!sun!cochon
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* m4 */
  
  define(`merry',`ifelse(eval($1),eval(0),,Merry Christmas
  `merry'(eval($1-1)))')dnl
  merry(15)dnl
  
  
  
  					Joseph L. Wood, III
  					AT&T Information Systems
  					Laboratories, Holmdel
  					(201) 834-3759
  					ariel!jlw
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* MACSYMA */
  
          doit() := for i:1 thru 15 do print("Merry Christmas")$
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* make */
  
  If you use the following as the description file for 'make', it
  will satisfy your requirement.  Make can be considered a language
  interpreter, so what the heck.
  
  ---------------------- cut ------- here -----------------------------------
  .SILENT:
  
  foo_._bar_ :                    # some name unlikely to already exist
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  	echo merry christmas
  
  			---From some unknown person on the other side of uucp 
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* A Maryland Text Editor procedure */
  ---------------------------------
  let a=0 
  next:test a<15  
  escape  
  dis 'Merry Christmas'
  let a=a+1
  jump next
  
  From: seismo!decvax!sdcsvax!ittvax!dcdwest!noscvax!kemp
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Mesa 5.0 */
  
  -- Here it is in Mesa 5.0; good luck trying to find an Alto or a D-machine
  -- on which to run it.
  
  DIRECTORY
          IODefs: FROM "iodefs" USING [WriteLine];
  
  MerryChristmas: PROGRAM IMPORTS IODefs =
  
          BEGIN
          i: INTEGER; -- loop index
          FOR i IN [0..15) DO -- print the message 15 times
                  WriteLine["Merry Christmas"]; -- this is the message, and the
                                                -- procedure WriteLine[] provides
                                                -- the carriage return
                  ENDLOOP; -- go back and do it again
  
          END. -- all done
  
                  -- Patrick Olmstead
  
                  -- ...ucbvax!menlo70!sytek!olmstead
                  -- ...decvax!sytek!olmstead (when decvax answers the phone)
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* MIX */
  
  *
  *  THIS PROGRAM WILL PRINT "MERRY CHRISTMAS" 15 TIMES 
  *
  LP         EQU  18		CARD PUNCH DEVICE
  *
  MSG        ALF   MERR		DON'T FORGET THE BLANK SPACE FOR CCTL
             ALF  Y CHR
             ALF  ISTMA
             ALF  S
             ORIG *+20
  *
  START      EQU  *
             ENT1 0		INITIALIZE COUNTER
  *
  LOOP       EQU  *
             OUT  MSG(LP)		WRITE IT OUT
             JBUS *(LP)		WAIT ON I/O
             INC1 1		R1 := R1 + 1
             CMP1 =15=		IF (R1 = 15)
             JE   DONE		   THEN DONE
             JMP  LOOP		   ELSE DO IT AGAIN
  *
  DONE       EQU  *
             HLT			AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
             END  START
  
  
  -- 
  Theodore Hope
  School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA
  CSNet:	Hope @ GaTech		ARPA:	Hope.GaTech @ CSNet-Relay
  uucp:	...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ut-ngp,ut-sally}!gatech!Hope
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* MLisp */
  (Gosling's Emacs editor extension language):
  
          (provide-prefix-argument 15 (insert-string "Merry Christmas\n"))
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Modula-2 */
  
  Module cheers;
  ODULEcheers;
  FROM InOut IMPORT WriteLn, WriteString;
  VAR
    i	:CARDINAL;
  BEGIN
    FOR i := 1 TO 15 DO
      WriteString('Merry Christmas');
      WriteLn;
    END;	(*FOR I*)
  END cheers.
  
  			From: seismo!decvax!decwrl!amd70!fortune!dsd!mush
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* MTS editor */
  
  * And here is a weird one written in the MTS editor
  * 
  * the @verify@-lnum says to print the new line without linenumber
  * '*' refers the current line number.
  *
  
  insert "merry christmas" @verify@-lnum
  copy * to * copies=14 @verify@-lnum
  
  			---From: seismo!cmcl2!floyd!ihnp4!alberta!stephen
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Mystery Language */
  (Author did not include name and I don't recognize it)
  
  MODULE Greetings;
  FROM Terminal IMPORT WriteString, WriteLn;
  
  VAR i: CARDINAL;
  
  BEGIN
    FOR i:=1 TO 15 DO
      WriteString("Merry Christmas");
      WriteLn;
    END; (*for*)
  END Greetings.
  
  		From: seismo!decvax!decwrl!amd70!dual!proper!opje
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Newspeak */
  
  (defproc merry-xmas () (values)
  	(do ((i 1 (1+ i)))
  	    (print "Merry Christmas")
  	    (exit-do-if (= i 15))))
  	 
  		From: John Foderaro (on an h19-u) <ucbvax!ucbkim:jkf>
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* nroff */
  
  .nr i 15+1 1
  .de MC
  .if \\n-i \{ .tl ''Merry Christmas''
  .	MC \}
  ..
  .MC
  
  
  			R. Drew Davis  pyuxbb!drew
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* OOPC */
  (an object-oriented preprocessor for C):
  
  main()
  {
  	int i;
  
  	for (i=0; i<15; i++)
  		printf("Merry Christmas\n");
  }
  
  If it looks a lot like C, that's because it is.  The object-oriented features
  are only used when you're dealing with objects (you can use C wherever
  you want).
  
  
  	Karl Freburger
  	decvax!ittvax!freb
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* OPS5 */
  
  ; A program to print Merry Christmas 15 times, in OPS5.
  ; OPS5 is a simple AI/expert systems language for writing
  ; production systems in.
  (literalize counter value)	; Analogous to a record declaration.
  				; The program:    A single production.
  (p print-one-merry-christmas			; if
  	(counter ^value {<c> > 0})		;	counter.value > 0
  	-->					; then
  	(write (crlf) Merry Christmas)		;      write("Merry christmas");
  	(modify 1 ^value (compute <c> - 1)))	;      counter.value -:= 1;
  (make counter ^value 15) 			; Create a counter with value=15
  (watch 0)  					; No tracing.
  (run)						; Go for it.
  
  ;                                Ben Hyde, Intermetrics Inc.
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Pascal */
  
  program yuletidings (output);
  const
  	numberofwishes = 15;
  var
  	i : integer;
  
  begin
  	for i := 1 to numberofwishes do
  		writeln('Merry Christmas');
  	end.
  					Jim Davies
  					{pur-ee parsec}!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!davies
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* PDP-11 assembler */
  (under RT-11)
  
  	.TITLE	MERRY XMAS
  	.IDENT	/R M/
  	.NLIST	BEX
  	.DSABL	GBL
  	.ENABL	LC
  
  
  
  	.MACLL	.PRINT, .EXIT
  
  
  
  MERRY::
  	MOV	#15.,R4			;set up the print count
  	.PRINT	#MSG1			;print the message
  	SOB	R4,MERRY		;loop until finished
  
  	.EXIT				;return to RT-11
  
  MSG1:	.ASCIZ	/Merry Christmas !!!/
  	.EVEN
  
  	.END	MERRY
  
  				From: seismo!utah-cs!pwa-b!miorelli
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* PDP-11 assembler */
  (under UNIX)
  
  		mov	$15.,r4
  	1:
  		mov	$1,r0
  		sys	write; 2f; 3f-2f
  		bcs	1f
  		sob	r4,1b
  		clr	r0
  	1:
  		sys	exit
  	.data
  	2:	<Merry Christmas\n\0>
  	3:
  
  Jim McKie	Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam		....mcvax!jim
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /*  PL/I  version.  ANS PL/I, subset G.   */
  
  merry: proc options(main);
  
  dcl i fixed binary;
  
  do i = 1 to 15;
  
       put skip edit('Merry Christmas') (a);
  
  end;
  
  end merry;
  
           		--  chip elliott     ...decvax!dartvax!chip
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* PL/1 */
  
  START: PROC OPTIONS(MAIN);
  DCL I FIXED BINARY(15);  /* LONG FORM; SAME AS DCL I; */
  DO I = 1 TO 15;
  	PUT EDIT ("Merry Christmas");
  END;
  END START;
  														julie	
  				seismo!philabs!jah
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* PL/1 */
  
  yule: proc options(main);
  
  %numwish = '15';
  
  do i = 1,numwish;
     put skip list('Merry Christmas');
     end;
  
  end yule;
  
  					Jim Davies
  					{pur-ee parsec}!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!davies
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Pr1me assembly */
  
           SEG
           RLIT
           SUBR   PRINT
  
           LINK
  PRINT    ECB    START
  
           DYNM   COUNT
           PROC
  
  
  START    LDA    =15
           STA    COUNT
  
  START1   LDA    COUNT
           BEQ    DONE
           S1A
           STA    COUNT
  
           CALL   TNOU
           AP     =C'Merry Christmas',S
           AP     =15,SL
  
           JMP    START1
  
  DONE     PRTN
           END
  
  
  Jeff Lee
  CSNet:	Jeff @ GATech		ARPA:	Jeff.GATech @ CSNet-Relay
  uucp:	...!{sb1,allegra,ut-ngp}!gatech!jeff ...!duke!mcnc!msdc!gatech!jeff
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Prolog */
  
  	hello(0) :- !.
  	hello(N) :- M is N - 1, print("Merry Christmas"), hello(M), !.
  	hello(15)!
  
  (I'm just learning prolog, so my apologies if the style is wrong.)
  
  							Aloke Prabhakar
  							prabhaka@BERKELEY
  							ucbvax!prabhaka
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Prolog */ 
  
  wmc:- countmc(15).
  countmc(0).
  countmc(Count):- write('Merry Christmas'), nl, Ncnt is Count-1, countmc(Ncnt).
  
  
  					--Peter Borgwardt, U. of Minnesota
  					  borgward.umn-cs@rand-relay
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* REVE */
  (Equational-programming/term-rewriting system):
  
  (Has no I/O.  This will look like
              merry_christmas(merry_christmas(...))
  Also, to avoid having to specify 15 as the fifteenth successor of zero,
  we define addition and multiplication.)
  
          (x + 0)     == x
          (x + s(y))  == (s(x) + y)
          (x * 0)     == 0
          (x * s(y))  == (x + (x * y))
          mc(s(0))    == merry_christmas
          mc(s(s(x))) == merry_christmas(mc(s(x)))
          
          mc( (s(s(s(0))) * s(s(s(s(s(0)))))) )
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* *roff */
  
  Well, the most natural choice for Merry Christmas is of course:
  	V/N/T/DIT/roff.
  
  This will print it on the standard output, It will give you an extra blank line,
  sorry about that.
  
  	.fp 1 MC
  	.pl 1
  	.nf
  	.nr l 0 +1
  	.de mm
  	.if \\n+l=15 .rm mm
  	Merry Christmas
  	.mm
  	..
  	.mm
  
  The font MC is of course your local ``Merry Christmas font''; all the characters
  are built from christmas trees.
  If you don't want the extra newline you can use the error output:
  
  	.de mm
  	.if \\nk=14 .ab Merry Christmas
  	.nr k +1
  	.tm Merry Christmas
  	.mm
  	..
  	.mm
  
  Of course, you loose the nice look of the MC font.
  
  There are of course about a dozen other ways to use troff for this.
  
  				-- jaap akkerhuis (mcvax!jaap)
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* QC */
  
  /*
   * This program is written in the language QC (quick & clean), a
   * descendant of QD (quick & dirty). Both languages were written by 
   * Chris Grey for 370/ systems runing MTS (a user-friendly operating
   * system).
   */
  proc main():
  int I;
  extern printf;
    for I from 1 upto 15 do
          printf("Merry Christmas")
    od
  corp
  			---From: seismo!cmcl2!floyd!ihnp4!alberta!stephen
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* sed script */
  
  echo 'Mery Chistma' |
  sed '
  	s/\(..\)\(.\)\(....\)\(.\)\(.\)\(...\)/\1\2\2\3\2\4\5\6\5/
  	h;G;G
  	s/$/\
  /
  	s/.*/&&&&&/
  '
  			From: seismo!decvax!ucbvax!reed!phillips
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* SETL */
  (Doesn't use any of the interesting features of the language):
  
          definef main();
              (1 <= forall i <= 15) print('Merry Christmas');
          end main;.
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* XEROX sigma-7 assembler */
  (running under CP-V)
  
  	SYSTEM SIG7
  	SYSTEM BPM
  	REF M:LO
  BUFR	TEXT 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'
  START	LI,4 15
  	M:WRITE M:LO,(BUF,BUFR),(SIZE,15)
  	BDR,4 START+1
  	M:EXIT
  	END START
  
  or, you can avoid loading the BPM macro's by doing your own FPT
  
  	SYSTEM SIG7
  	REF M:LO
  BUFR	TEXT 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'
  FPT	GEN,8,24 X'11',M:LO
  	GEN,4,28 3,X'10'
  	DATA BUFR
  	DATA 15
  START	LI,4 15
  	CAL1,1 FPT
  	BDR,4 START
  	CAL1,9 1
  	END START
  
  					Bob McQueer
  					druxt!mcq
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Smalltalk-80 */
  
  	output <- WriteStream on: (String new: 10).
  	1 to 15 do: [
  		output nextPutAll: 'Merry Christmas'.
  		output cr
  	].
  	output contents.
  
  Select this from the screen and hit 'printIt', and out comes the message.
  
  			From: seismo!decvax!ittvax!freb
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Smalltalk-80 */
  
          merryChristmas: aStream
              "Prints 'Merry Christmas' on aStream 15 times."
              
              15 timesRepeat:
                  [aStream
                      nextPutAll: 'Merry Christmas';
                      cr
                  ]
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Snobol-3 */
  (Snobol-4??  What's that?  We use Snobol-3 here.)
  
  * S.D.S. TSS SNOBOL-3
            N = 1
  LOOP      LOUT = 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'
            N = .LT(N,15) N + 1                        /S(LOOP)F(.EXIT)
  
  			From: seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!colonel
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Snobol 4 */
  
  * Snobol 4 version.  Not very elegant!
  *
  i = 1
  
  a: output = 'Merry Christmas'
     i = i + 1
     le(i,15)    :s(a)
  
  		          --  chip elliott     ...decvax!dartvax!chip
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* SPEED editor */
  
  To print Merry Christmas 15 times using the SPEED editor from Data General
  (SPEED is a TECO-like editor, $ will represent an escape character, ^D will
  represent a control-D):
  
  15<iMerry Christmas
  $>$#t$#k$h^D
  				Michael Meissner
  				Data General Corporation
  				...{allegra, decvax!ittvax, rocky2}!datagen!mrm
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* SPL/3000 */
  
  $Control Uslinit
  Begin
  
  Byte Array
     Msg (0:14) := "Merry Christmas";
  
  Integer
     I;
  
  Intrinsic
     Print, Terminate;
  
  For I := 1 UNTIL 15 Do
     Print (Msg, -15, 0);        << 15 bytes, no CCTL >>
  
  Terminate;
  
  End.
  
  From: seismo!harpo!ihnp4!clyde!akgua!emory!gatech!hope
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Stage 2 */
  
  #$#$0 (+-*/)
  END#
  $F0#
  #
  $#
  $10$F7#
  Merry Christmas$F15#
  $F8#
  ##
  15
  END
  
  			---Written and Contributed by Tom Almy, Tektronix, Inc.
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Stoic */
  15 0 DO "Merry Christmas&15&" MSG LOOP
  
  			---Written and Contributed by Tom Almy, Tektronix, Inc.
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* TECO */
  
  15<^AMerry Christmas
  ^A>$$
  
  (where '$' is an Escape, and ^A is a control-A)
  
  		---Written and Contributed by Tom Almy, Tektronix, Inc.
  
  =======================================
  
  /* TECO */
  (Text Editor COrrector)
  
  15<^AMerry Christmas
  ^A>$$
  
  note: ^A is a Control A
        $ is an escape character
  
  And a Happy New Year,
  
  
  				Rob Spray
  
  				Software Designer
  
  				US Mail:  Computer*Thought Corporation
  					  1721 West Plano Parkway, Suite 125
  					  Plano TX 75075
  				BellTel:  214-424-3511
  				ARPAnet:  ROB.CT@RAND-RELAY
  				uucp:     ... decvax!cornell!ctvax!rob
  
  ==========================================================================
  	
  /* TECO */
  
  	:IGMerry Christmas
  $				!* Put string in Q-register G !
  	15<:GG>$$		!* 15 Times, print it out !
  
  The dollar signs represent ESCapes.
  
  				Merry Christmas!
  					David Kaufman
  					...decvax!yale-comix!kaufman
  	
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* TeX */
  (Knuth's text formatting language, assuming presence of Plain.TeX macros):
  
          \def\mc#1{\ifnum #1>0 Merry Christmas\par
                    {\count0=#1\advance\count0 by-1\mc\count0}\fi}
          \mc{15}
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* TRAC */
  
  #(ds,Merry-Christmas,(#(eq,arg,0,,(#(PS,Merry Christmas(
  ))#(Merry-Christmas,#(su,arg,1))))))'
  #(ss,Merry-Christmas,arg)'
  #(Merry-Christmas,15)'
  
  Note: "TRAC" is a trademark of Rockford Research, Inc.
  		---Written and Contributed by Tom Almy, Tektronix, Inc.
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* TRAC */
  
          #(ds,merry,(#(eq,count,0,,((Merry Christmas
          )#(cl,merry,#(su,count,1))))))'
  
          #(ss,merry,count)'
  
          #(cl,merry,15)'
  
  The TRAC language is a text- and macro-processing language reminiscent
  of LISP.  The first command defines a function, the second marks "count"
  as a dummy argument, the third calls the function.  The printing is done
  by the command interpreter.
   
                     Andy Behrens
                     decvax!dartvax!andyb
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* TROFF */
  
          .de MC
          .nf
          .if \\$1>0 \{\
          Merry Christmas
          .nr x \\$1
          .nr x -1
          .MC \\nx \}
          ..
          .MC 15
  
  					These languages courtesy of:
  					    Pavel Curtis, Cornell
  					    Mike Caplinger, Rice
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Turing */
  
  ------
  for : 1 .. 15
      put "Merry Christmas"
  end for
  ------
  
  Stephen Perelgut    Computer Systems Research Group    University of Toronto
  	    Usenet:	{linus, ihnp4, allegra, decvax, floyd}!utcsrgv!perelgut
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* UL */
  
  Here's one you probably wouldn't expect to get. It is Model204 User Language
  (UL is a query/programming language for the M204 database system that
  runs on IBM mainframes).
  
  BEGIN
  %A IF FIXED DP 0
  1. FOR %A FROM 1 TO 15
     PRINT 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'
  2. END
  
  That's it!
  				Mickey Levine
  				decvax!cca!mickey
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* UNIX shell script */
  
  echo "Merry Christmas" | sed -e 's/./Merry Christmas%/g' | tr % '\012'
  
  		                 Ben Hyde Intermetrics Inc.
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Unix shell script (Bourne) */
  
  COUNT=0
  while test $COUNT -lt 15
  do
  	echo "Merry Christmas."
  	COUNT=`expr $COUNT + 1`
  done
  
  			Ta!
  
  			Dave Ihnat
  			ihuxx!ignatz
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* VALGOL */
  
  I didn't look closely, but I didn't see a submission in VALGOL.  Here is an
  attempt, but I can't vouch for its correctness, since I don't know any valley
  girls.  After all, I live in Washington, not California, and we're a little
  behind the times up here.
  
  Like, gag me with a Merry Christmas!
  No Way! Merry Christmas!
  Like, so totally Merry Christmas!
  Barf me out with a Merry Christmas!
  So gross! Merry Christmas!
  
  
  I realize this is only five times, not fifteen, but you can multiprocess in
  VALGOL.  Just get three valley girls and execute the above on each one.
  
  			From: seismo!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!witters
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* VAX MACRO */
  (VMS flavour...snicker)
  
  ;
  text:	.ascii	"Merry Christmas"	; output text
  	.byte	13,10			; carriage control
  	tlen 	= . - text		; text length
  tty:	.ascid	"TT:"			; logical name of current terminal
  chan:	.blkw	1			; storage for IO channel number
  
  	.entry xmas,^M<r10>
  	$ASSIGN_S	devnam=tty,chan=chan		;get channel to terminal
  	movl		#1,r10				;initialize loop
  loop:	$QIOW_S		chan=chan,func=#IO$_WRITELBLK,- ;dump the message
  			P1=text,P2=#tlen
  	aobleq		#15,r10,loop			;15 times
  	ret
  	.end xmas
  
  		From: seismo!decvax!microsof!ubc-vision!mprvaxa!tbray
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /* Xerox Data Systems Metasymbol Assembler */	
  
           system       sig9
           system       bpm
           csect        1
  message  text         'Merry Christmas'
           ref          m:lo
  start    equ,0        $
           li,7         15
  loop     equ,0        $
           m:write      m:lo,(buf,message),(size,15)
           bdr,7        loop
           m:exit      
           end          start
    
   
                                     Jon Bertoni
  
  ==========================================================================
  
  /*  XPL version.  (Defined in book "A Compiler Generator".)  */
  
  dcl i fixed;
  
  do i = 1 to 15;
  
       output = 'Merry Christmas';
  
  end;
  
            --  chip elliott     ...decvax!dartvax!chip
  
  ==========================================================================
  -- 
  
  					Don Davis
  					JHU/APL
  				...decvax!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded
  				...rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded
  
  
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