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From: uddeborg@chalmers.UUCP (G|ran Uddeborg)
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Subject: Re: Winners of the 1986 International Obfuscated C Code Contest
Message-ID: <617@chalmers.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Jun-86 22:01:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: chalmers.617
Posted: Fri Jun 27 22:01:06 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 30-Jun-86 03:46:44 EDT
References: <3656@nsc.UUCP>
Reply-To: uddeborg@chalmers.UUCP (G|ran Uddeborg)
Organization: Dept. of CS, Chalmers, Sweden
Lines: 32
Keywords: obfuscate,winners,1986

In article <3656@nsc.UUCP> chongo@nsc.UUCP writes:
>Worst abuse of the C preprocessor:
>
>	Jim Hague
>	University of Kent at Canterbury
>	Canterbury, Kent
>	UK
>
>	..mcvax!ukc!jmh
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>#define	DIT	(
>#define	DAH	)
>#define	__DAH	++
>#define DITDAH	*
>#define	DAHDIT	for
>#define	DIT_DAH	malloc
>#define DAH_DIT	gets
>#define	_DAHDIT	char
>_DAHDIT _DAH_[]="ETIANMSURWDKGOHVFaLaPJBXCYZQb54a3d2f16g7c8a90l?e'b.s;i,d:"

There's a bug here.  _DAH_[] should be initiated to

_DAHDIT _DAH_[]="ETIANMSURWDKGOHVFaLaPJBXCYZQb54a3c2g16g7c8a90l?e'b.s;i,d:"
						  ^ ^

Try input "2", and you'll see the bug.
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