First JAPH!

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Re: First JAPH! by ambrus (Abbot) on Apr 19, 2011 at 08:57 UTC
What I find strange in this japh is the following. In those strings, you have exactly every other letter significant. If it's exactly every other letter, why not use that? `print pack C25, unpack n50, "DJduZsztX xADndoZtzhXexrD dPZezrXlx DhdaZ +czkXexrD\n";` [download] In that case, the filler letters don't need to be all DZX, so you can make the text slightly less readable: `print pack C25, unpack n50, " Jru scti eaentoethhue rt JPselrhlt ahcal +chkeelrr\n";` [download] Whereas, if you want to use only a few characters as filler, why not mix them more evenly instead of just alternating, as in? `$_="JZMzTustdrd z zrdMazpzindyzJd zez otzrhmieDNrmzzam". "mznmd PmreZodymudmDrznzHmcmhrl haDtckeM". "[dmZ]zur dmZ.\n"; s[[dmZ].][[dmZ]]siege; print;` [download] (It is left as a homework for the reader to modify the above in such a way that it contains a few readable but irrelevant words in the string that are made up of mostly ignored characters.) Ps. feel free to imagine all that join"\|" and unpack"a" stuff was still in the japh, I just removed them to make the aspect I'm talking about clearer.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: First JAPH!
by ambrus (Abbot) on Apr 19, 2011 at 08:57 UTC

What I find strange in this japh is the following.

In those strings, you have exactly every other letter significant. If it's exactly every other letter, why not use that?

print pack C25, unpack n50, "DJduZsztX xADndoZtzhXexrD dPZezrXlx DhdaZ
+czkXexrD\n";
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In that case, the filler letters don't need to be all DZX, so you can make the text slightly less readable:

print pack C25, unpack n50, " Jru scti eaentoethhue rt JPselrhlt ahcal
+chkeelrr\n";
[download]

Whereas, if you want to use only a few characters as filler, why not mix them more evenly instead of just alternating, as in?

$_="JZMzTustdrd z  zrdMazpzindyzJd zez otzrhmieDNrmzzam". 
"mznmd PmreZodymudmDrznzHmcmhrl haDtckeM". 
"[dmZ]zur dmZ.\n"; s[[dmZ].][[dmZ]]siege; print;
[download]

(It is left as a homework for the reader to modify the above in such a way that it contains a few readable but irrelevant words in the string that are made up of mostly ignored characters.)

Ps. feel free to imagine all that join"|" and unpack"a" stuff was still in the japh, I just removed them to make the aspect I'm talking about clearer.

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