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1 PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM (1)
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2 (1) DON KNUTH'S IMPLEMENTATION OF TPK IN INTERCAL
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3 (C) MARCH 2003
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4 REFERENCE --- THE EARLY HISTORY OF PROGRAMMING
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5 LANGUAGES, BY D E KNUTH AND L TRABB PARDO
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7 NOTA BENE: THE INPUT AND OUTPUT DATA ARE SCALED
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8 DECIMAL NUMBERS WITH SIX DIGITS TO THE RIGHT OF
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9 THE DECIMAL POINT; THUS AN INPUT OF
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10 THREE ONE FOUR ONE FIVE NINE THREE
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11 DENOTES 3.141593, AND THAT VALUE WOULD BE OUTPUT AS
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12 ______
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13 MMMCXLMDXCIII
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15 VARIABLE NAMES AND SUBROUTINE NAMES USE THE CLASSIC
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16 5-BIT TELEPRINTER CODE IN LETTER-SHIFT MODE, NAMELY
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17 / E @ A : S I U 1/4 D R J N F C K T Z L W H Y P Q O B G " M X V $
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18 (WHICH ALAN TURING ADVISED EVERY PROGRAMMER TO LEARN)
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20 DO GIVE UP
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