On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > En op 24 september 2002 sprak Tina Mueller: > > yes, and i was actually a little bit disappointed because > > perlgolf played such a little role at thomas' obfu-talk. > > That's how it should be, IMHO. Obfuscation and golf are two totally > different playing fields, and there seems to be little overlap in top > players [1]. Personally, I can't do obfuscations. Just haven't got the > right mindset.
but often perlgolf leads to obfuscation, unintended. and the talk was not only about obfuscation, but also about other arts/competitions like perl poetry, self-restricting perl etc. it was just called "The Dark Art of Obfuscation". > And often the shortest solution is also the clearest. Well, perhaps not > often, but it happens. The winning entry in the Cantor tournament was > a very good example of this, IIRC. And my final solutions usually are > easier to comprehend than my initial attempts. ACK. -- http://www.tinita.de \ enter__| |__the___ _ _ ___ http://Movies.tinita.de/ \ / _` / _ \/ _ \ '_(_-< of http://PerlQuotes.tinita.de/ \ \ _,_\ __/\ __/_| /__/ perception
