From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-09-19T06:12:33+09:00
Subject: Re: [Nuby Question] Return value of while loop.

Hi --

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Brian Schr�der wrote:

> > :~$ irb
> > irb(main):001:0> (i *= 2) > 100 and break i while i = i || 1
> > => 128
> 
> You won, and I'm even able to grasp what you have written. So no
> extra points for obfuscation ;)

Obfuscation is in any case not a Ruby tradition :-)  Actually we
almost had a de-obfuscation contest at the first Ruby conference.  The
idea was that people would contribute horribly written, unclear code
(yes, I know that obfuscated doesn't have to mean horribly written :-)
and the contest would be to make it clear and elegant.  The contest
never happened; the conference, in November 2001, did take place, but
the events of that September slowed everyone down and some of the
things we'd planned fell by the wayside.  


David

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David A. Black
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