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OSNEWS: The International Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest

Erik Veenstra

3/19/2005 8:37:00 AM


The front page of OS News [1] mentions "The International
Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest":

'Obfuscation' is to make something difficult or unusually
obscure. One of the ironies of Ruby programming is the general
desire of Rubyists to believe that a goal to accomplish
readability in code overshadows even at times its
functionality. At times to the point of obsurdity. Enter the
International Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest with prizes up to
$750.

gegroet,
Erik V.

[1] http://www.o...
2 Answers

dblack

3/19/2005 12:16:00 PM

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Christian Neukirchen

3/19/2005 1:09:00 PM

0

"David A. Black" <dblack@wobblini.net> writes:

> Hi --
>
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Erik Veenstra wrote:
>
>>
>> The front page of OS News [1] mentions "The International
>> Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest":
>>
>> 'Obfuscation' is to make something difficult or unusually
>> obscure. One of the ironies of Ruby programming is the general
>> desire of Rubyists to believe that a goal to accomplish
>> readability in code overshadows even at times its
>> functionality.
>
> I've never, ever heard any Ruby programmer say that.

Me neither. However, I don't know what happens between Eugenias ears
to write something like that. This statement does not seem to
orginate from the IORCC people (should this be not true, I distance
myself from the statement).

> David
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