>// Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
>// by William Shakespeare
>// ported to ActionScript 2.0 by Satori Canton - ActionScript.com
>//
>// entered in the 2006 Turdhead ActionScript Poetry contest
>//
>// Original poem can be viewed at:
>// http://plagiarist.com/poetry/915/
>
>
>var summer:Object = {};
>var thee:Object = {};
>
>summer.name = "Summer Day";
>thee.name = "Thee";
>
>summer.lovelyness = 9;
>thee.lovelyness = 10;
>
>summer.temperature = 98;
>thee.temperature = 98.6;
>
>summer.lease = new Date(2006, 7, 31).getTime() - new Date(2006, 5, 1).getTime();
>thee.lease = new Date(2042, 6, 12).getTime() - new Date(1970, 8, 25).getTime();
>
>summer.complexion = 0xFFCC33;
>thee.complexion = 0xFFCCCC;
>
>summer.fair = 10;
>thee.fair = 10;
>
>summer.getValue = function():Number {
> return --this.fair;
>};
>thee.getValue = function():Number {
> return this.fair;
>};
>
>summer.incrementTime = function():Number {
> return --this.lease;
>};
>thee.incrementTime = function():Number {
> return this.lease;
>};
>
>var man:Object = {};
>man.hasEyes = true;
>man.canBreathe = true;
>man.lease = 10000;
>man.liveLong = function():Void {
> this.lease *= 10;
>};
>man.giveLife = function(o:Object):Void {
> o.lease++;
> trace(o.name + " is given life");
>};
>man.compare = function(o1:Object, o2:Object):Void {
> if (this.canBreathe && this.hasEyes) {
> this.liveLong();
> var n1:Number = 0;
> var n2:Number = 0;
> var o1isBetter:Boolean;
> for (var i in o1) {
> if (typeof (o1[i]) == "function") {
> o1isBetter = o1[i]() > o2[i]() ? true : false;
> } else {
> o1isBetter = o1[i] > o2[i] ? true : false;
> }
> n1 += Number(o1isBetter);
> n2 += Number(!o1isBetter);
> }
> this.giveLife(n1 > n2 ? o1 : o2);
> }
>};
>
>man.compare(summer, thee);

Or, thee, removed the soul and breath from precious jewel
And generated such disastrous program!
Who on Earth can bear the livelty of poetry worn in the Iron stove of digits?...