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In all seriousness, I've yet to see code that is more intentionally obtuse than some of the entries there (unless you count esolangs, in which case almost anything written in INTERCAL takes the cake in my opinion), with Toledo Nanochess being a particularly famous example, though my favorite example is the 1998 winner:
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There have been a number of other interesting entries over the years. I can't find it right now, but I distinctly remember one older entry that was valid C89, FORTRAN77, and Bourne shell script which did the same thing in all three languages.
Do entries for the International Obfuscated C Code Contest count?
In all seriousness, I've yet to see code that is more intentionally obtuse than some of the entries there (unless you count esolangs, in which case almost anything written in INTERCAL takes the cake in my opinion), with Toledo Nanochess being a particularly famous example, though my favorite example is the 1998 winner:
Which is a flight simulator for X11.
That code is pretty!
that is AWESOME
There have been a number of other interesting entries over the years. I can't find it right now, but I distinctly remember one older entry that was valid C89, FORTRAN77, and Bourne shell script which did the same thing in all three languages.
I think that one was Applin!
But there have been so many incredible ones over the years. This mini-Minecraft is a favorite of mine!