Re^3: The REAL reason for why they choose PHP over Perl.

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> Code golf is a type of recreational computer programming competition in which participants strive to achieve the shortest possible source code that implements a certain algorithm. Playing code golf is known as "golf scripting".

And as already demonstrated is not very difficult to "normalize" the code again with B::Deparse

Cheers Rolf
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update

C:\>perl -MO=Deparse,-p
$,=42;for(34,0,-3,9,-11,11,-17,7,-5){$*.=pack'c'=>$,+=$_}for(reverse s
+plit//=>$*
){$%++?$ %%2?push@C,$_,$":push@c,$_,$":(push@C,$_,$")&&push@c,$"}$C[$#
+C]=$/;($#C
>$#c)?($ c=\@C)&&($ C=\@c):($ c=\@c)&&($C=\@C);$%=$|;for(@$c){print$_^
+$$C[$%++]}


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($, = 42);
foreach $_ ((34, 0, (-3), 9, (-11), 11, (-17), 7, (-5))) {
    ($* .= pack('c', ($, += $_)));
}
foreach $_ (reverse(split(//, $*, 0))) {
    (($%++) ? (($% % 2) ? push(@C, $_, $") : push(@c, $_, $")) : (push
+(@C, $_, $") && push(@c, $")));
}
($C[$#C] = $/);
(($#C > $#c) ? (($c = (\@C)) && ($C = (\@c))) : (($c = (\@c)) && ($C =
+ (\@C))));
($% = $|);
foreach $_ (@$c) {
    print(($_ ^ $$C[$%++]));
}


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I added -p flag for parens to make precedence clearer.

most special variables are just used for obfuscation and don't serve any need.

output is - surprisingly - chargrill

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Re^4: The REAL reason for why they choose PHP over Perl. by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Oct 18, 2018 at 22:48 UTC
output is - surprisingly - chargrill Yes, the OP posted one of chargrill's signature obfus without attribution, presumably from this node in the obfuscated section: New Signature? While chargrill is a distinguished obfuscator - and is acknowledged as such in The Lighter Side of Perl Culture (Part III): Obfu - he's only an occasional dabbler in code golf (for example, finishing in 89th place in Drunk on golf: 99 Bottles of Beer).	[reply]
Re^5: The REAL reason for why they choose PHP over Perl. by LanX (Saint) on Oct 18, 2018 at 23:27 UTC
> , presumably from this node in the obfuscated section: New Signature? or maybe he copied it from the signature of the post he replied to? ;-) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply]