Re: (-ugene is famous

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Eugene van der Pijll wrote:

> En op 24 september 2002 sprak Tina Mueller:
> > yes, and i was actually a little bit disappointed because
> > perlgolf played such a little role at thomas' obfu-talk.
>
> That's how it should be, IMHO. Obfuscation and golf are two totally
> different playing fields, and there seems to be little overlap in top
> players [1]. Personally, I can't do obfuscations. Just haven't got the
> right mindset.

but often perlgolf leads to obfuscation, unintended. and the
talk was not only about obfuscation, but also about other
arts/competitions like perl poetry, self-restricting perl etc.
it was just called "The Dark Art of Obfuscation".

> And often the shortest solution is also the clearest. Well, perhaps not
> often, but it happens. The winning entry in the Cantor tournament was
> a very good example of this, IIRC. And my final solutions usually are
> easier to comprehend than my initial attempts.

ACK.
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