On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 21:59 -0600, Jan L. Peterson wrote: > What is the fascination with short, obfuscated solutions? If I was > asking someone to write this program, I'd want to see a nice, easy to > read, well commented example of their coding style. At a previous > employer, I used to see bad (even if it works, if it's not > maintainable, it's bad) code all day long!
It's called golf. Why does anyone ever play golf? Of course it's not just for the lulz. Many people enjoy a mental challenge. Some do crossword puzzles to build their vocabulary, others decipher code to sharpen their understanding of a language. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
