Subj : Re: Beautiful hacks
To   : tenser
From : Bob Worm
Date : Thu Nov 02 2023 20:03:15

  Re: Re: Beautiful hacks
  By: tenser to HusTler on Fri Nov 03 2023 01:04:04

Hi, Tenser.

 > Fun fact: Bourne came from the UK, where he'd worked in Algol-68.
 > He wrote pre-processor macros that made the dialect of C he wrote
 > `sh` in look somewhat like Algol; this, and the version of
 > `finger.c` from 4.2BSD, became the inspirations for the International
 > Obfuscated C-Code Contest.  The syntax consumed by `sh` is somewhat
 > reminiscent of Algol, as well.

I wonder whether that offended him or filled him with pride?

I know one guy who would do exactly this kind of thing, it made perfect sense to him so why worry about whether anyone else can understand or even read it? Except these were production systems, maintained by a team...

BobW
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