Re: [stella] Obfusicated code contest?

Subject: Re: [stella] Obfusicated code contest?
From: Russ Perry Jr <slapdash@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 00:01:54 -0500
>(Sorry, I don't know how to spell obfusicated...)

"Obfuscated".  Just lose the "i".

>The last email I sent made me think of that contest someone used to run

Used to?  They don't do it any more?

>for C/C++ programs.  The goal of the contest was to write the most
>confusing code possible that did something very simple.

Not necessarily simple, but "not obvious".

>It could be confusing because of how you layout your code, how you use
>data elements, how you count your screen kernal...  The possibilities are
>endless. 

Only, isn't 2600 programming (optimized at least) obfuscated enough?  :-)

>Anyway, I bring it up because I think it would be really cool if we had
>one of these contests (for the VCS of course).  Maybe we can get people on
>the list who arn't actively programming anything back into the swing of
>things!

Or try to get guys like me try at all?  Hmm, probably not yet.  :-(
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