Obfuscated Perl Contest [SEP] inception
Obfuscated Perl Contest
The Obfuscated Perl Contest was a competition for programmers of Perl which was held annually between 1996 and 2000. Entrants to the competition aimed to write "devious, inhuman, disgusting, amusing, amazing, and bizarre Perl code". It was run by "The Perl Journal" and took its name from the International Obfuscated C Code Contest.
Contest.
The entries were judged on aesthetics, output and incomprehensibility. One entrant per year received the "Best of Show" award.
Entrants were
or by using an automated tool, the latter being the preferred technique in industry.
Overview.
The architecture and characteristics of some languages may make them easier to obfuscate than others. C, C++, and the Perl programming language are some examples of languages easy to obfuscate.
Recreational obfuscation.
Writing and reading obfuscated source code can be a brain teaser. A number of programming contests reward the most creatively obfuscated code, such as the International Obfuscated C Code Contest and the Obfuscated Perl Contest.
Types of