Posted by Tim Roberts on 12/04/07 06:57

Toby A Inkster <usenet200711@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Readable perhaps, but boring. echo (true === ($err = somefunc())) ? 'ok' :
>"error: $err"; is fun. It invites the reader to explore its mysteries; to
>embark in a journey of discovery, a quest filled with a sense of awe and
>wonder. And in a sense it helps the reader to uncover new things about
>*themselves* and unfold the secrets of their very souls.

+1 QOTW

I have to write that down. That has to be both the best and the worst
justification for obfuscated code that I've ever read.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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