The front page of OS News [1] mentions "The International
Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest":
'Obfuscation' is to make something difficult or unusually
obscure. One of the ironies of Ruby programming is the general
desire of Rubyists to believe that a goal to accomplish
readability in code overshadows even at times its
functionality. At times to the point of obsurdity. Enter the
International Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest with prizes up to
$750.
gegroet,
Erik V.
Hi --
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Erik Veenstra wrote:
The front page of OS News [1] mentions "The International
Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest":'Obfuscation' is to make something difficult or unusually
obscure. One of the ironies of Ruby programming is the general
desire of Rubyists to believe that a goal to accomplish
readability in code overshadows even at times its
functionality.
I've never, ever heard any Ruby programmer say that. I guess one of
the side-effects of this contest is going to be that the use of Ruby
to write clear, communicative code is going to come in for ridicule. That's really too bad.
David
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David A. Black
dblack@wobblini.net
"David A. Black" <dblack@wobblini.net> writes:
Hi --
The front page of OS News [1] mentions "The International
Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest":'Obfuscation' is to make something difficult or unusually
obscure. One of the ironies of Ruby programming is the general
desire of Rubyists to believe that a goal to accomplish
readability in code overshadows even at times its
functionality.I've never, ever heard any Ruby programmer say that.
Me neither. However, I don't know what happens between Eugenias ears
to write something like that. This statement does not seem to
orginate from the IORCC people (should this be not true, I distance
myself from the statement).
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Erik Veenstra wrote:
David
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