From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-03-19T21:15:49+09:00
Subject: Re: OSNEWS: The International Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest

Hi --

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Erik Veenstra wrote:

>
> The front page of OS News [1] mentions "The International
> Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest":
>
> 'Obfuscation' is to make something difficult or unusually
> obscure. One of the ironies of Ruby programming is the general
> desire of Rubyists to believe that a goal to accomplish
> readability in code overshadows even at times its
> functionality.

I've never, ever heard any Ruby programmer say that.  I guess one of
the side-effects of this contest is going to be that the use of Ruby
to write clear, communicative code is going to come in for ridicule. 
That's really too bad.


David

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David A. Black
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