Abusing the Source – The Program

public class AbusingTheSource {

  public static void main(String args[]) {

    // inheritance from our past
    java.util.Random generator
        = new java.util.Random();
    String[] visionaries = {"Wittgenstein",
         "Beethoven", "Kierkegaard", "Einstein",
         "Nietzsche"}; // etc.

    // current reality
    String[] academicians
        = newBatchOfAcademicians();
    String person = newPerson();
    boolean isGriswoldHeard = false;

    // the foreseeable future
    do {

      // the source of academic wealth
      String visionary = visionaries[
          generator.nextInt(visionaries.length)];

      // demonstrate one-to-one correspondence
      // of something to nothing
      System.out.println("\n" + person +
                  " inspired by " + visionary);
      System.out.println("-----------");
      for (String academician: academicians) {
         System.out.println(academician +
                  " explicating " + visionary);
      }

      // prepare for tommorow
      academicians = newBatchOfAcademicians();
      person = newPerson();
      if (isGriswoldHeard) {
        academicians =
            removeOneAcademician(academicians);
      }
      if (academicians.length < 1000) {
        isGriswoldHeard = true;
      }

    } while (academicians.length > 999);

  }

  private static String[]
             newBatchOfAcademicians() {

    // factory work -- suitable for a machine
    String[] newBatch = new String[1000];
    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      newBatch[i] = "Academician " + (i + 1);
    }

    return newBatch;

  }

  private static String newPerson() {

    // simplicity personified
    return "Person";

  }

  private static String[] removeOneAcademician(
             String[] academicians) {

    // an arduous task
    // (TO DO: stress test the hardware)
    String[] aMoreQuietBatch =
        new String[academicians.length - 1];
    for (int i = 0;
           i < aMoreQuietBatch.length; i++) {
      aMoreQuietBatch[i] = academicians[i];
    }

    return aMoreQuietBatch;

  }

}