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From: kludge@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c,net.micro.pc,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Disgusting Code
Message-ID: <1428@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 17:55:07 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 16 17:55:07 1986
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Reply-To: kludge@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Dorsey)
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Keywords: code, yukky, yech, contest
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In article <168@pyuxv.UUCP> cim1@pyuxv.UUCP (G. Bogatko) writes:
> ...
>	Why don't we do the same thing, and have a "Most Disgusting Code"
>award.  The rules are simple.  Just produce your favorite bit of
>un-maintainable, or un-readable code. (something that would be too much for
>the puzzle book).  Obviously, it must compile.

   This would not be a fair contest.  I could send in a couple of the
assignments for our introductory programming classes and win easily.
I'm talking 
  IF A>B THEN ELSE WRITE('HI') 
 In Pascal here.  I wouldn't dare put anything worse up without ROT13.

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            don't worry, I probably don't know what I'm talking about.

Scott Dorsey
ICS Programming Lab, Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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