This reminds me of "Creators admit Unix, C hoax" (e.g. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html)

> We stopped when we got a clean compile on the following syntax:

    for(;P("\n"),R--;P("|"))for(e=C;e--;P("_"+(*u++/8)%2))P("| "+(*u/4)%2);

▲ nathell 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How Perl was created:

‘Larry, throw the cat at the keyboard!’

MEEEOW!

‘What did it type?’

‘&}Ak'>v=4%Qe}9;’

‘OK, so let’s make this a syntax for hello world.’

▲ bjoli 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There was a hilarious video in The early days of YouTube when someone tried to write Perl using vistas voice recognition.

I haven't seen it in many many years, but at the time it struck my giggle button every time.

	▲	mock-possum an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Oh wow it’s an actual video of hell!

▲ saghm 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

▲ marcosdumay 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's always this amazing paper:

▲ shawabawa3 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I was very disappoint to learn that '&}Ak'>v=4%Qe}9;' is not actually hello world in perl :(

here's an actual one: print'(%,,/@(/),$!'^'`@@@@`_@[@@+'

another one

    $/=~s##'&}(/%]?`~=.&~(@^,_!$/"'^'+.{|}!_{.|=.^_/,@;'^'}!:=,^(~<-|$'#ee

▲ shevy-java 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I also often blame it on my cat, but unfortunately, the truth is simpler ... Larry was inspired by awk. So this is why perl is snoopy swearing.

▲ nullsanity 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I did genuinely try to run this since, well, it could be true, I don't know Perl.

Bareword found where operator expected (Missing operator before "Ak"?) at -e line 1, near "&}Ak" Bad name after Ak' at -e line 1.

	▲	1718627440 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		How to trick nerds into installing your spyware 101.

▲ akavel 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Well, the prank is being refined for many years now, by the fine folks partying at:

	▲	lifthrasiir 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In fact that line in question does come from an IOCCC winner: https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/blob/master/1985/shapiro...
	▲	a4isms 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In the late 90s, I interviewed for a job as a Technical Product Manager with a Toronto startup. The CTO/Co-founder, was an obfuscated C contest winner: https://www.ioccc.org/1985/lycklama/index.html Great guy to work with. I think he runs a craft brewery now.

▲ DonHopkins 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Unix is Dead! Wanna Fight?? (John C. Dvorak):