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to: SIMON AVERY
from: MARK HOOVER
date: 1998-04-06 16:43:00
subject: Cryptic Programming

"Bother," said Pooh to Simon Avery about Cryptic Programming.
SA>Also known as Obfuscated C?
SA>(My favourite, from the 1986 awards...)
And this code does what?  Nothing personal, just don't want to run it 
w/o knowing what to expect first....:)
SA>                                                   extern int
SA>                                                       errno
SA>                                                         ;char
SA>                                                            grrr
SA>                             ;main(                           r,
SA>  argv, argc )            int    argc                           ,
SA>   r        ;           char *argv[];{int                     P( );
SA>#define x  int i,       j,cc[4];printf("      choo choo\n"     ) ;
SA>x  ;if    (P(  !        i              )        |  cc[  !      j ]
SA>&  P(j    )>2  ?        j              :        i  ){*  argv[i++
SA>+!-i] ;              for    (i=              0;;    i++
SA>); _exit(argv[argc- 2    / cc[1*argc]|-1<<4 ]    )
SA>  ;printf("%d",P(""));}} P  (    a  )   char a   ;  {    a  ;
SA>  while(    a  >      "  B   " /* -    by E            ricM    arsh
SA>all-      */);    }
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