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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] C Obfuscated code: a virtue or a vice?
On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:12:26 +0200, Jaromil wrote in message
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> 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


..the only useful part of playing around with obfuscated code,
is learning to recognise attacks etc from the systemd boys.

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