in reply to EBCDIC & COMP-3 *shriek*

  1. Find out who encoded the data in this format in the first place.
  2. Tie said person to a workbench.
  3. Beat said person's feet with a rubber hose until an agreement is reached wherein said person will retype all of the data in a sensible format.

This method is sometimes known as "rubber hose cryptanalysis".


$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}} split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$ ;->();print$/