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The '''Obfuscated Perl Contest''' was a competition for programmers of [[Perl]] which was held annually between 1996 and 2000. Entrants to the competition aimed to write "devious, inhuman, disgusting, amusing, amazing, and bizarre Perl code".<ref>[http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol3_2/tpj0302-0012.html The 3rd Annual Obfuscated Perl Contest] Felix Gallo -– Perl Journal (You may need to subscribe to the Perl Journal to be able to view this link, which is the source of the quote given.)</ref> It was run by ''The Perl Journal'' and took its name from the [[International Obfuscated C Code Contest]].<ref>{{cite book|page=256|title=[[Advanced Perl Programming]]|author=Simon Cozens|publisher=O'Reilly|year=2005|isbn=9780596004569978-0-596-00456-9}}</ref>

== Contest ==

The entries were judged on aesthetics, output and incomprehensibility. One entrant per year received the ''Best of Show'' award.

Entrants were advised to try and demonstrate a range of Perl knowledge, while being humorous, surprising and deceitful. Code which purposely crashed the judges' machines was discouraged.

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* Best ''The Perl Journal'' (code which generated the words ''The Perl Journal'', limit of 256 bytes)

== See also ==

*[[Obfuscated code]]

*[[Just another Perl hacker]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* {{cite book|title=Games, Diversions, and Perl Culture|author=Jon Orwant|chapter=Obfuscated Perl|publisher=O'Reilly|year=2003|isbn13isbn=9780596003128978-0-596-00312-8|pages=487&ndash;521487–521}} &mdash;— reprints of the announcements, made in ''The Perl Journal'' by Felix S. Gallo, of the Zeroth, First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth contests

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