C programmers commit fresh crimes against readability

(theregister.com)

68 points | by Bender 2 hours ago

2 comments

  • anthk 1 hour ago
    On the subleq VM, it would run faster if they implemented Muxleq, but it woudn't win the IOCCC contest maybe. Altough in unobfuscated it's C it's just an extra short if clause with two more lines.

    On 32k roms for the GB emulator:

    https://github.com/tbsp/Adjustris

    Old build:

    https://pdroms.de/?__df=24010f101611170c163a13544b55553a4d22...

    Someone ping back the IOCCC creator, please.

  • RicoElectrico 46 minutes ago
    > Nixie tube is a tiny electrical tube with filaments in the shapes of all the digits stacked one on top of another, and it displays the desired digit by making just that filament glow

    Lol, no. That's a Numitron (although they were 7 segment)

    • tasty_freeze 41 minutes ago
      You are confidently incorrect.

      https://ethw.org/Nixie_Tubes

      • master-lincoln 12 minutes ago
        your article says it's a gas discharge vacuum tube, so no filament. You seem to be confidently incorrect too.
      • RicoElectrico 36 minutes ago
        Filament implies it is resistively heated, per tube terminology. Nixie is essentially a neon lamp, specially shaped, whose cathode is cold.