Ochronus
2/22/2005 11:26:00 PM
Josef 'Jupp' Schugt Ãrta:
> Todd Nathan wrote:
>
>> it is with great pleasure to annouce the opening of 2005 IORCC.
>
>
> 1st price: "Advanced Obfuscation: Perl for Ruby Programmers"
> 2nd price: "More Awkward Obfuscation: AWK for Ruby Programmers"
> 3rd price: "Obfuscation by Parenthesis: Lisp for Ruby Programmers"
> 4th price: "How to shoot yourself in the foot"
>
> An ORCC doesn't seem to be a good idea. I already hear them saying "See
> this? They keep on saying that Ruby code is much cleaner than Perl code.
> Don't believe their lies."
>
> Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
Obfuscated codes promote exactly two things, not less, not more:
1, the flexibility of the target language
2, the talent and creativity of the author
I can only look up to those who write such high quality codes :) It does
not mean that they are
not capable to write clean, well-structured ones, on the contrary, most
of the times it shows their
deep understanding of both "sides".
For another point, any idea which puts ruby in the spotlight is more
than welcomed, I think, for
what ruby needs now more than anything else is popularity... and fun
around it, like this obfuscated
contest or the ruby quiz is exactly the thing for it - improving morale,
stirring up any still water, etc.
Regards,
Ochronus