This code has a "feature" that is truly random. How many letters of JAPH will you get?

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

             use strict;my@l=(1);my($c,$d
       )=(75,0);push@l,q|-84|;sub t{my$o=shift
  ;print$o @_}push@l,qw{-1 43 -2};unshift@l,@l[$#l-
2..$#l];pop@l;pop@l;pop@l;sub c{my$f=pop;open M,$f;my
@l=<M>;chomp@l;pop@l while$l[$#l]ne'__END__';open M,
">$f";t *M,(join"\n",@l),$/}push@l,qw-33 45 1 5-;push
@l,qw              @-12 -3@;sub i              {my(@a
,$n)=              @_;$n+=shift@a               while
$n++,              @a&&!--$a[0];{               @a||
last;              @a=($a[0]<$n?$               a[0]:
$n,@a              );($n-=$a[0])&&              redo}
@a}unshift@l,qw[13 -82];push@l,@l[0,1];shift@l;shift@
l;sub P{my($P,$p)=@_;$P<$p?0:$P==1||$p==1||$P-$p==1?1
:P($P-1,$p-1)+P($P-$p,$p)}push@l,qw-48 21  13-,q;-6;;
$l[$#l+1]=-76;push@l,qw/40 25 2  8/,q#-6#;sub p{my$e;
my@r=[];$e=$_,@r=map{my@a=@$_;map[@a[0..$_-1],$e,@a[
$_..$#a]],0..@a}@r for@_;@r}push@l,qw@13 -104@;if(my
@t=unpack"C*",do{local($/);<DATA>}){my$t=0;{$t[0]==126
?((t *STDERR,chr$t),last):($t+=shift@t)and redo}c $0;
$d=$t[$#t];$c+=$l[$_]for 0..$d}else{$c+=$l[0];$d=0}if
($d<@l){open M,">>$0";my@p=$c;my$r;do{$r=int(rand&P($
 c,int(rand($c-($  c/3))+1)+int(2*   $c/3)))+1}while
   $r==1;@p=i@p     while$r--;(@p     <1<<3)?(@p=p(
    @p)and t(*       M,(map{chr}       @{$p[int(
     rand(0+@         p))+1]}),         '~',chr($
      d+1)))           :(t(*M,           (map{chr
       }@p)             ,'~',              chr(
        $d               +1)                ))



;exec"perl $0"}
__END__

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Enjoy,
jynx

PS it looks better in fixed-width font ;-)

In reply to Number Theory Monster by jynx

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