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From: Harry Mason <spam@no.spam>
Subject: Re: ASCII art from sourcecode as image
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Erik Itter wrote:
> I have seen both linux source codes and some scripts for my company rendered
> as images - reads formated with extra blanks line feeds etc. to look like
> some image if displayed using small enough letters. (without
> inserting/deleting anything changing the source from the compilers point of
> view)

For perl there is Acme::EyeDrops. It doesn't just format the program, it
obfuscates it too.

-- 8< -- cut here -- >8 --
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
eval eval '"'.


                                        ('#').
                                       '!'.'/' .('['
           ^'.' )                  .('['^'('). ("\["^
       ')')."\/".(               '`'|'"').('`'| ')').(
  '`'|'.')  .'/'. (             '['^'+').('`'|'%').('['
^')').('`'|',').('{'           ^'[').'-'.('['^',').('!'
^'+').('['^'.').('['^        '(').('`'|'%').('{'^('[')).(
 '['^'(').('['^'/').(     '['^')').('`'|')').('`'|'#').("\["^
            ('/')).       ';'.('!'^'+').('['^'+').('['^"\)").(
      '`'|')').('`'|'.').('['^'/').('{'^'[').'\\'.'"'.('`'|'(').(
      '`'|'%').('`'|',').('`'|',').('`'|'/').','.('{'^'[').('['^','
     ).('`'|'/').('['^')').('`'|',').('`'|'$').'\\'.'\\'.('`'|"\.").
      '\\'.'"'.';'.('!'^'+').'"';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')'^'[';$/=
      '`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,='`'|'!';$\=')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';
      $^=')'^'[';$/='`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,='`'|'!';$\=')'^'}';$:="\."^
     '~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')'^'[';$/='`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,='`'|('!');$\=
      ')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')'^'[';$/='`'|'.';$_='('^'}';
        $,='`'|'!';$\=')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')'^'[' ;($/)=
         '`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,='`'|'!';$\=')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';   ($~)=
           '@'|'(';$^=')'^'[';$/='`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,=('`')|   "\!";
             $\=')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')' ^'[';$/=   '`'|
               ((   '.'));$_='('^'}';$,='`'|"\!";$\= ')'^'}';  ($:)
                    ='.'^"\~";  $~='@'|'(' ;$^=')'^   '[';$/=  '`'
                    |('.');$_=  '('^'}';$, ='`'|'!'    ;$\=')' ^+
                     "\}";$:=   '.'^'~';$~  =('@')|     '(';$^
                     =')'^'['  ;$/=('`')|   '.';$_=      "\("^
                     '}';$,=   '`'|'!';$\    ="\)"^      '}';$:
                     =('.')^   "\~";$~=      ('@')|       "\(";
                     $^=')'    ^"\[";       $/='`'        |'.';
                      ($_)=     ('(')^     '}';$,         ='`'|
                      "\!";      $\=')'^  '}';$:          ='.'
                      ^'~';         $~='@'|'('            ;$^=
                      ')'^           "\[";$/=             '`'|
                      '.';            $_=('(')^           '}';
                     ($,)            ='`'|'!';$\         =')'^
                    "\}";         $:='.'^'~';$~=         ('@')|
                    "\(";        $^="\)"^  '[';         $/='`'|
                  '.';$_=                              '('^'}';
                $,="\`"|                                '!';#;
-- 8< -- cut here -- >8 --

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