Disgusting Code

Scott Dorsey kludge at gitpyr.UUCP
Mon Feb 17 08:55:07 AEST 1986


In article <168 at pyuxv.UUCP> cim1 at pyuxv.UUCP (G. Bogatko) writes:
> ...
>	Why don't we do the same thing, and have a "Most Disgusting Code"
>award.  The rules are simple.  Just produce your favorite bit of
>un-maintainable, or un-readable code. (something that would be too much for
>the puzzle book).  Obviously, it must compile.

   This would not be a fair contest.  I could send in a couple of the
assignments for our introductory programming classes and win easily.
I'm talking 
  IF A>B THEN ELSE WRITE('HI') 
 In Pascal here.  I wouldn't dare put anything worse up without ROT13.

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Scott Dorsey
ICS Programming Lab, Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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