[1076] in Humor
HUMOR(ish): Ugly Code
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Wed Sep 20 10:26:46 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 10:24:26 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
It worked for me (and the output was not at all what I expected), but remember:
caveat emptor!
(beware strange code!)
-Drew
------- Forwarded Message
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN@aries.colorado.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 17:49:50 -0600
From: POTZ CHRISTOPH FRANZGEORG <potz@rintintin.Colorado.EDU>
/*
** This is a killer c program that actually compiles with no
** warnings or errors. I bet that you cannot guess what it
** does before you run it. Don't worry, it is not a virus
** and it doesn't do anything nasty other than fool the hell
** out of you. There were some loosers somewhere that put
** together this contest to see who could write the most
** unreadable c code. I am fairly sure that this was entered,
** and I am fairly sure that it won. The idea is that it is
** supposed to look like somebody banged his forehead against
** the keyboard for a while and called it a c program. Thats
** what it looks like at least. I think its cool.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
main(t,_,a)
char *a;
{
return!0<t?t<3?main(-79,-13,a+main(-87,1-_,main(-86,0,a+1)+a)):
1,t<_?main(t+1,_,a):3,main(-94,-27+t,a)&&t==2?_<13?
main(2,_+1,"%s %d %d\n"):9:16:t<0?t<-72?main(_,t,
"@n'+,#'/*{}w+/w#cdnr/+,{}r/*de}+,/*{*+,/w{%+,/w#q#n+,/#{l+,/n{n+,/+#n+,/#\
;#q#n+,/+k#;*+,/'r :'d*'3,}{w+K w'K:'+}e#';dq#'l \
q#'+d'K#!/+k#;q#'r}eKK#}w'r}eKK{nl]'/#;#q#n'){)#}w'){){nl]'/+#n';d}rw' i;# \
){nl]!/n{n#'; r{#w'r nc{nl]'/#{l,+'K {rw' iK{;[{nl]'/w#q#n'wk nw' \
iwk{KK{nl]!/w{%'l##w#' i; :{nl]'/*{q#'ld;r'}{nlwb!/*de}'c \
;;{nl'-{}rw]'/+,}##'*}#nc,',#nw]'/+kd'+e}+;#'rdq#w! nr'/ ') }+}{rl#'{n' ')#\
}'+}##(!!/")
:t<-50?_==*a?putchar(31[a]):main(-65,_,a+1):main((*a=='/')+t,_,a+1)
:0<t?main(2,2,"%s"):*a=='/'||main(0,main(-61,*a,
"!ek;dc i@bK'(q)-[w]*%n+r3#l,{}:\nuwloca-O;m .vpbks,fxntdCeghiry"),a+1);
}
