From: colin.randall2@googlemail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at 9:07:44 AM UTC+1, Harry Mason wrote:   
   > Erik Itter wrote:   
   > > I have seen both linux source codes and some scripts for my company   
   rendered   
   > > as images - reads formated with extra blanks line feeds etc. to look like   
   > > some image if displayed using small enough letters. (without   
   > > inserting/deleting anything changing the source from the compilers point of   
   > > view)   
   For perl there is Acme::EyeDrops. It doesn't just format the program, it   
   obfuscates it too.   
      
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   #!/usr/bin/perl -w   
   eval eval '"'.   
      
      
                                           ('#').   
                                          '!'.'/' .('['   
              ^'.' )                  .('['^'('). ("\["^   
          ')')."\/".(               '`'|'"').('`'| ')').(   
     '`'|'.')  .'/'. (             '['^'+').('`'|'%').('['   
   ^')').('`'|',').('{'           ^'[').'-'.('['^',').('!'   
   ^'+').('['^'.').('['^        '(').('`'|'%').('{'^('[')).(   
    '['^'(').('['^'/').(     '['^')').('`'|')').('`'|'#').("\["^   
               ('/')).       ';'.('!'^'+').('['^'+').('['^"\)").(   
         '`'|')').('`'|'.').('['^'/').('{'^'[').'\\'.'"'.('`'|'(').(   
         '`'|'%').('`'|',').('`'|',').('`'|'/').','.('{'^'[').('['^','   
        ).('`'|'/').('['^')').('`'|',').('`'|'$').'\\'.'\\'.('`'|"\.").   
         '\\'.'"'.';'.('!'^'+').'"';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')'^'[';$/=   
         '`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,='`'|'!';$\=')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';   
         $^=')'^'[';$/='`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,='`'|'!';$\=')'^'}';$:="\."^   
        '~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')'^'[';$/='`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,='`'|('!');$\=   
         ')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')'^'[';$/='`'|'.';$_='('^'}';   
           $,='`'|'!';$\=')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')'^'[' ;($/)=   
            '`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,='`'|'!';$\=')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';   ($~)=   
              '@'|'(';$^=')'^'[';$/='`'|'.';$_='('^'}';$,=('`')|   "\!";   
                $\=')'^'}';$:='.'^'~';$~='@'|'(';$^=')' ^'[';$/=   '`'|   
                  ((   '.'));$_='('^'}';$,='`'|"\!";$\= ')'^'}';  ($:)   
                       ='.'^"\~";  $~='@'|'(' ;$^=')'^   '[';$/=  '`'   
                       |('.');$_=  '('^'}';$, ='`'|'!'    ;$\=')' ^+   
                        "\}";$:=   '.'^'~';$~  =('@')|     '(';$^   
                        =')'^'['  ;$/=('`')|   '.';$_=      "\("^   
                        '}';$,=   '`'|'!';$\    ="\)"^      '}';$:   
                        =('.')^   "\~";$~=      ('@')|       "\(";   
                        $^=')'    ^"\[";       $/='`'        |'.';   
                         ($_)=     ('(')^     '}';$,         ='`'|   
                         "\!";      $\=')'^  '}';$:          ='.'   
                         ^'~';         $~='@'|'('            ;$^=   
                         ')'^           "\[";$/=             '`'|   
                         '.';            $_=('(')^           '}';   
                        ($,)            ='`'|'!';$\         =')'^   
                       "\}";         $:='.'^'~';$~=         ('@')|   
                       "\(";        $^="\)"^  '[';         $/='`'|   
                     '.';$_=                              '('^'}';   
                   $,="\`"|                                '!';#;   
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   Hi ...   
   Thats an interesting piece of art   
   i dont have perl installed and i'd be curious to know what its output   
   looks like   
      
   colin   
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