Double Double  Double Double

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Here is an email I received in response to my essay on how to write unmaintainable code.

Double Double : Elie Hirschman : hirschmane@econnergy.com : 2000-10-06

How’s this for a first try at unmaintainable code (in Java )? 
double _ = 0.0;
Object __ = new Double(_);
while ( !(__.toString().equals("5.0")) )
   System.out.println(__= new Double(++_));
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