Re: Collaborative golf.

On Sat, 14 Sep 2002, Paul Johnson wrote:
> 
> Here's one that doesn't come anywhere near Perl, but it does have nicer
> output and error checking - in 240 chars.
> 

And it also has the advantage of being obfuscated. Or is that a
disadvantage? -- I never can remember.

> echo `echo $* '[ddsf[lfp[too early]Pq]s@1583>@ddd19%1+sg100/1+d3*4/12-sx8*5+25/5-sz5*4/lx-10-sdlg11*20+lz+lx-30%d[30+]s@0>@d[[1+]s@lg11<@]s@25=@d[1+]s@24=@se44le-d[30+]s@21>@dld+7%-7+[March ]smd[31-[April ]sm]s@31<@psnlmPpsn1z>p]splpx'|dc`
> 
> (That's all one line if someone gets it wrapped, but it probably doesn't
> matter too much.)
> 
> I believe that most of the credit for this should go to Fred Avolio.
> I've had it knocking around since the late 80s I think.
> 

It's very nice.

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