Obfuscated Perl Contest: Difference between revisions

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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 aim to write "devious, inhuman, disgusting, amusing, amazing, and bizarre Perl code" <ref>[http://www.tpj.com/documents/s=1286/sam03020012/ Perl Journal link] You may need to subscribe to the Perl Journal to be able to view this link, which is the source of the quote given.{{deadDead link|date=September 2009}}</ref>. It was run by ''The Perl Journal'' and took its name from [[The International Obfuscated C Code Contest]].<ref>{{cite book|pages=256|title=Advanced Perl Programming|author=Simon Cozens|publisher=O'Reilly|date=2005|isbn=0596004567|isbn13=9780596004569}}</ref>

==Contest==

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* Best ''The Perl Journal'' (code which generates 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|date=2003|isbn=0596003129|isbn13=9780596003128|pages=487&ndash;521}} &mdash; reprints of the announcements, made in ''The Perl Journal'' by Felix S. Gallo, of the Zeroth, First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth contests

==See also==

*[[Obfuscated code]]

*[[Just another Perl hacker]]

==External links==

*[http://mysite.verizon.net/les.peters/id2.html 2000 Best of Show winner with explanation and commentary]