Perl Poetry Contest

Weeden writes "Leafing through the latest issue of The Perl Journal I came accross the Perl Poetry Contest. The deadline is the 20th of February and all the details can be found here. "

Comments

Don't be swayed to the dark side...

[Raindeer]

On this website there are some great quotes regarding Perl. My favourites are (Disclaimer: these are not mine, but I claim fair use. :-)) :

prhine: Advanced Perl Programming is a welcome mat on the Dark Path(tm)

prhine: D'you know anything about JavaPerl? As in how they combine the two?
Colin: Well. Imagine that Java is a dainty, well-dressed Victorian lady. And Perl is a big, grimy 10th century viking with a hard-on. JavaPerl is like a small room with a bed.

beowulf

[sparkes]

It's pointless trying to port the epic Beowulf over to perl cos anglo-saxon is so similer to perl. It only really differs in its use of the semicolon ;-)

sparkes
it was ment to be funny so don't hit my karma for not being a coward.

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Postin Perl

[348]

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Postin.pl
# by 348

seek topost (thatflamebait);
Firstpost (the thread, fast);

while ($natalie) {
petrifies $to($stone);
not grits;
}

accept the, moderation;
seek the, $-1Troll, $-1offtopic'
and wait;
stat thekarma;

unlink and listen (for, $theflames);

for (a, karmawhore our /.) {
system ("is trollheaven");

Re:Beauty in the eye of the beholder ?

[slashdot-me]

One significant difference is that obfuscated programs can actually do nifty things. Poetry is generally to restrictive to write anything useful.

Also, I think you don't understand the nature of true obfuscation. A truly obfuscated program cannot be translated into code that the average programmer can understand. Ever. Good examples are compression programs, 3d graphics, and simulations. Go read the source to an mp3 codec and ask yourself, "Do I have any idea what the tonality function does?" Even after reading that function 10 times you probably won't.

Understanding a truly obfuscated program will probably require the purchasing of several textbooks.

Ryan

Proof code is free speech

[griffjon]

We should bring both the Obfuscated Code and the Perl Poetry contests up in the DVD CCA cases as proof that coding is a form of expression of skill (obfuscated code) and of thoughts, much like language (perl poetry).