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Author: Jaromil
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] C Obfuscated code: a virtue or a vice?
On Fri, 15 Jul 2016, Peter Olson wrote:

> You misunderstand what the IOCCC is about. It's a game. Nobody
> trying to write useful code will do anything like what IOCCC writes.


well, I even argue is software-art :^) back 15 years ago I facilitated
the inclusion of some IOCCC entries in this exibition originally shown
at the MAK in Frankfurt, which then went pretty much around the world
http://www.digitalcraft.org/iloveyou/c_code.htm

but yes, its definitely not polite nor useful to obfuscate code that
people uses. to the contrary, I think literate programming is the way

ciao