On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:27:29 -0400, Chas. Owens wrote:
> There are no good obfuscators.  A user can always get the source back
> out.  

But the names (variables, subroutines) can be rendered meaningless.  
Since picking good names is one of the most important contributions a 
good programmer can make, trying to understand and change a large body of 
code that has the worst names possible may not be impossible, but still 
is excruciating.

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