From 1477bdc13caf88547061a69968c28db515fb3abe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leon Timmermans Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 17:44:14 +0200 Subject: Add Hobbit quote to time64.c --- time64.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) (limited to 'time64.c') diff --git a/time64.c b/time64.c index 52d99cda7a..971f8eeff2 100644 --- a/time64.c +++ b/time64.c @@ -26,6 +26,32 @@ THE SOFTWARE. */ + +/* + * This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; + * Gnaws iron, bites steel; + * Grinds hard stones to meal; + * Slays king, ruins town, + * And beats high mountain down." + * + * Poor Bilbo sat in the dark thinking of all the horrible names of all the + * giants and ogres he had ever heard told of in tales, but not one of them had + * done all these things. He had a feeling that the answer was quite different + * andthat he ought to know it, but he could not think of it. He began to get + * frightened, and that is bad for thinking. Gollum began to get out of his + * boat. He flapped into the water and paddled to the bank; Bilbo could see his + * eyes coming towards him. His tongue seemed to stick in his mouth; he wanted + * to shout out: "Give me more time! Give me time!" But all that came out with + * a sudden squeal was: + * + * "Time! Time!" + * + * Bilbo was saved by pure luck. For that of course was the answer. + * + * [p.84 of _The Hobbit_: "Riddles in the Dark"] + * +*/ + /* Programmers who have available to them 64-bit time values as a 'long -- cgit v1.2.1