03-04-2003, 03:49 AM
Obfuscated QB contest!!
See if you can create a QB program that is as difficult to understand as possible. To make it a real contest of skill you cant use hardware access things like peek, poke, inp, large strings of hex code, etc.
Obfuscation techniques included code that does something different to what appears at first glance, misuse of variables and statements, clever use of things like the AND, OR and NOT operators, short obscure variable names, complex algorithms, lack of or misuse of indentation, etc.
An obfuscated program can do anything, but must be difficult for somebody else to convert to (unwind) clear, readable code.
Im not sure how well QB lends itself to obfuscation but its worth a try. The International Obfuscated C Code Contest has been running for several years now, check out http://www.ioccc.org/
See if you can create a QB program that is as difficult to understand as possible. To make it a real contest of skill you cant use hardware access things like peek, poke, inp, large strings of hex code, etc.
Obfuscation techniques included code that does something different to what appears at first glance, misuse of variables and statements, clever use of things like the AND, OR and NOT operators, short obscure variable names, complex algorithms, lack of or misuse of indentation, etc.
An obfuscated program can do anything, but must be difficult for somebody else to convert to (unwind) clear, readable code.
Im not sure how well QB lends itself to obfuscation but its worth a try. The International Obfuscated C Code Contest has been running for several years now, check out http://www.ioccc.org/
esus saves.... Passes to Moses, shoots, he scores!