Appendix A. Code golf: Succinctness
Just like the objective of golf is to complete the course in the fewest number of strokes, code golf is a game that involves writing the shortest possible program to accomplish a given task. Several websites host code-golf tournaments, propose new tasks, and maintain player rankings. When the deadline for a given challenge expires, all submissions become public, and you can peek at the tricks that the best golfers used.
This appendix is almost the opposite of chapter 7 in that it will present the most obscure code in the book while breaking all style rules ever conceived. You’ve been warned.
Besides the fun factor, code golf can be a way to explore the dark corners of a language and learn a few tricks that ...
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