Unobfuscated Perl (#2)
A rogue group of Perl hackers has presented a plan to add a "use
really_goddamn_strict" pragma that would enforce readability and
UNobfuscation. With this pragma in force, the Perl compiler might say:
* Warning: Write-only code detected between lines 612 and 734. While this
code is perfectly legal, you won't have any clue what it does in two
weeks. I recommend you start over.
* Warning: Code at line 1,024 is indistinguishable from line noise or the
output of /dev/random
* Warning: Have you ever properly indented a piece of code in your entire
life? Evidently not.
* Warning: I think you can come up with a more descriptive variable name than
"foo" at line 1,523.
* Warning: Programmer attempting to re-invent the wheel at line 2,231.
There's a function that does the exact same thing on CPAN -- and it
actually works.
A rogue group of Perl hackers has presented a plan to add a "use
really_goddamn_strict" pragma that would enforce readability and
UNobfuscation. With this pragma in force, the Perl compiler might say:
* Warning: Write-only code detected between lines 612 and 734. While this
code is perfectly legal, you won't have any clue what it does in two
weeks. I recommend you start over.
* Warning: Code at line 1,024 is indistinguishable from line noise or the
output of /dev/random
* Warning: Have you ever properly indented a piece of code in your entire
life? Evidently not.
* Warning: I think you can come up with a more descriptive variable name than
"foo" at line 1,523.
* Warning: Programmer attempting to re-invent the wheel at line 2,231.
There's a function that does the exact same thing on CPAN -- and it
actually works.
Related:
- Unobfuscated Perl (#1)
A rogue group of Perl hackers has presented a plan to add a "use
really_goddamn_strict" pragma that would enforce readability and
UNobfuscation.
With this pragma in force, the Perl compiler might say... - UNobfuscated Perl Code Contest
The Perl Gazette has announced the winners in the First Annual Unobfuscated
Perl Code Contest.
First place went to Edwin Fuller, who submitted this unobfuscated program... - one-liner wars n.
A game popular among hackers who code in
the language APL (see write-only language and line noi
and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's
exceedingly hairy primitive set.
A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados.... - one-liner wars: n. A game popular among hackers who code in the
language APL (see {write-only language} and {line noise}).
The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly {hairy} primitive set.... - joe code: /joh' kohd`/ n. 1. Code that is overly {tense} and
unmaintainable.
{Perl} may be a handy program, but if you look at the source, it's complete joe code.... - joe code /joh' kohd`/ n.
1. Code that is overly
tense and unmaintainable.
Perl may be a handy program, but if you look at the source, it's complete joe code.... - Real Programmer n.
[indirectly, from the book
"Real Men Don't Eat Quiche"] A particular sub-variety of
hacke
one possessed of a flippant attitude toward complexity that is arrogant even when justified by experience.... - ABEND /a'bend/, /*-bend'/ n.
[ABnormal END]
1.
Abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage.... - alk mode n.
A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some
other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a
real-time on-line conversation.
It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails....
