Yeah been going for years. That's kind of what I was referring to. We would sometimes do

it for a laugh if we knew a colleague was maintaining it.

Or create entire obfuscated code segments which resolved to TRUE.

My favourite, as it had no effect on performance, was to use the pre-processor directives to #DEFINE large chunks of code then effectively hide them within seemingly clear, concise, short functions.

Was mainly during the junior days when mostly bug fixing and completely academically bored... When you're building your own baby you tend to be a bit more responsible :)

Fuck, if any of my guys did that these days they'd get a right old slapping.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on January 26th 2015 at 16:45:39

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4 screens. IN YOUR FACE ARIZONA BAY (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 15:53:53
- come back when they are as big as my telly (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 26, 19:14:56
- Highly impressive Michael. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 26, 16:10:07
  - It is. (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:16:12
    - What d'ya win? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 26, 16:39:51
      - Sloppy nosh off Nigella (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:52:39
- ? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 26, 16:00:30
  - he's either managing a significant stock portfolio or playing a fuck of a lot of poker (n/m) (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 26, 16:06:46
    - I always assumed having more than 2 monitors, was the nerds equivalent of (NCFC) - pants, Jan 26, 16:12:33
      - With professional sportsbetting its very handy to have multiple monitors (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 26, 19:23:22
      - maybe, though surely it'd be width of one's ginormous screen? (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 26, 16:19:04
      - Left (landscape): Database; Middle (portrait): Code; Right (landscape): UI + Comms (IM/Em. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 26, 16:18:19
        
        Special place in hell for those who have portrait orientated monitors (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Jan 26, 16:24:21
        
        No, because code is tall, and not wide. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 26, 16:27:57
        
        Can be whatever you want it to be (unless you're just following an established template) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:33:41
        
        If "whatever you want it to be" is wide, I'm afraid you just failed the technical aspect o (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 26, 16:47:15
        
        writing-code-from-the-80s on any or all of my 4 (four) screens though, pal. (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:51:01
        
        Depends how you write it (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 26, 16:31:21
        
        Well, yes, I suppose if you write apocalyptically shit sideways-scrolly code (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 26, 16:33:46
        
        I would do that on occasion in C to see quite how cryptic I could make a function appear (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 26, 16:36:19
        
        Have you seen the obfuscated-C competition? (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 26, 16:39:55
        
        Yeah been going for years. That's kind of what I was referring to. We would sometimes do (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 26, 16:45:39
        
        I met a winner of that (NCFC) - camcan, Jan 26, 16:46:46
        
        Indeed. In fact some of the entries remind me of some of the arguments I see on here ;) (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 26, 17:04:54
        
        I've just stitched my sides up (NCFC) - camcan, Jan 26, 17:28:48
        
        But old school VB which could not handle CRs within a line of code for example would be (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 26, 16:38:36
        
        Pfft... (NCFC) - Brom, Jan 26, 16:30:06
        
        Wide Left: Excel / Inside Left: Autocad / Inside Right - Sketchup / Wide Right Outlook (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:20:12
        
        Left: thegelman, Inside Left: Buckscanary, Inside Right: Robotbear, Right: selwyn (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 26, 16:52:59
        
        Moderators (NCFC) - pants, Jan 26, 16:30:59
        
        Excel for a job = not a real job. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 26, 16:26:06
        
        Precisely. But THE MAN doesn't know that. Its to mask my browsing window. (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:27:29
        
        You have to hide your browsing? (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 26, 16:31:41
        
        Don't have to, choose to. (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:36:23
        
        A wise decision. We're all allowed to be cunts but no point advertising.. (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 26, 16:39:18
        
        haha - spot on Stephen! (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:39:59
        
        I just use Middle: iMac (everything except "comms"), iPad: comms (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 26, 16:30:00
        
        Sounds dull, your job. (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 26, 16:30:58
        
        Mind numbingly (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 26, 16:32:12

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