in reply to Golf: Files Containing a Pattern

Just wondering, but anyone know why this was moved from Obfu to Meditations? I would have thought golf was more of and obfu kind of thing.

kelan

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Re^2: Golf: Files Containing a Pattern
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Oct 19, 2002 at 14:48 UTC

    But you're wrong. :) Obfu intentionally tries to mislead the reader, which is not the case for golfing, and to this end, complex obfus are often the very opposite of a golf - using verbosity to conceil the real intent.

    Go to Super Search, put "golf" in the "match titles" field and select "do not include replies" at the bottom of the page. You'll notice that nearly all golf challenges are in Meditations.

    Makeshifts last the longest.