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OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again (O'ReillyNet)

OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again (O'ReillyNet)

Posted May 10, 2007 10:28 UTC (Thu) by ekj (subscriber, #1524)
In reply to: OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again (O'ReillyNet) by Richard_J_Neill
Parent article: OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again (O'ReillyNet)

Any language *CAN* be obfuscated. However some obfuscate easier than others, and there are no other language where such a large set of coders took so obvious pride in unreadable gobbelydok. "Perl oneliner" anyone ?

It's more a question about culture than about the language as such really, allthough it *does* help the confusion and illegibility when you have a dozen or more "special" characters with various magical properties -- for added bonus, let their magical properties be dependent on context.


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