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copied!<p>This is called a Polyglot, and it can get very complex. Here's one in eight languages: <a href="http://ideology.com.au/polyglot/" rel="noreferrer">http://ideology.com.au/polyglot/</a></p> <p>Cobol, Pascal, Fortran, C, PostScript, bash, x86 machine language, and Perl:</p> <pre><code> (*O/*_/ Cu #%* )pop mark/CuG 4 def/# 2 def%%%%@@P[TX---P\P_SXPY!Ex(mx2ex("SX!Ex4P)Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%*------------------------------------------------------------------*+Ex= CuG #%* POLYGLOT - a program in eight languages 15 February 1991 *+Ex= CuG #%* 10th Anniversary Edition 1 December 2001 *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* Written by Kevin Bungard, Peter Lisle, and Chris Tham *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* Polyglot suports the following languages: *+Ex= CuG #%* 1. COBOL (ANSI) *+Ex= CuG #%* 2. Pascal (ISO) *+Ex= CuG #%* 3. Fortran (ANSI, f77) *+Ex= CuG #%* 4. C (ANSI-ish) *+Ex= CuG #%* 5. PostScript *+Ex= CuG #%* 6. Linux/Unix shell script (bash, sh, csh) *+Ex= CuG #%* 7. x86 machine language (MS-DOS, Win32, Linux) *+Ex= CuG #%* 8. Perl (version 5) *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* Usage: *+Ex= CuG #%* 1. Rename this file to polyglot.[cob|pas|f77|c|ps|sh|com|pl] *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* 2. Compile and run with your favorite compiler and operating *+Ex= CuG #%* system. *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* Notes: *+Ex= CuG #%* 1. We have attempted to use only standard language features. *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* 2. Without the -traditional flag gcc will issue a warning. *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* 3. When transferring from Unix to DOS make sure that a LF *+Ex= CuG #%* is correctly translated into a CR/LF. *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* 4. Keep the blank lines at the start of the program. They *+Ex= CuG #%* are important. *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* 5. This text is a comment block in all eight languages. *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%* Please mail any comments, corrections or additions to *+Ex= CuG #%* polyglot@ideology.com.au *+Ex= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%*------------------------------------------------------------------*QuZ= CuG #%* *+Ex= CuG #%*!Mx)ExQX5ZZ5SSP5n*5X!)Ex+ExPQXH,B+ExP[-9A-9B(g?(gA'UTTER_XYZZXX!X *+ CuG #(* *( C # */); /*( C # *) program polyglot (output); (*+ C # identification division. C # program-id. polyglot. C # C # data division. C # procedure division. C # C # * ))cleartomark /Bookman-Demi findfont 36 scalefont setfont ( C # * ( C # C # * hello polyglots$ C # main. C # perform C /# * ) 2>_$$; echo "hello polyglots"; rm _$$; exit; C # * ( C # C *0 ) unless print "hello polyglots\n"; __END__ print C stop run. -*, 'hello polyglots' C C print. C display "hello polyglots". ( C */ int i; /* C */ main () { /* C */ i=printf ("hello polyglots\n"); O= &i; return *O; /* C *) (* C *) begin (* C *) writeln ('hello polyglots'); (* C *) (* ) C * ) pop 60 360 ( C * ) pop moveto (hello polyglots) show ( C * ) pop showpage (( C *) end .(* ) C)pop% program polyglot. *){*/} </code></pre>

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