In PostScript you can redefine all of your operators (even operator for redefining!), and indeed this was often done to make the programs more compact for sending to printers in a shorter amount of time. This made PostScript an optimal language for disturbing levels of obsfucation.
The winner of "Most Obsfucated Artwork" was Takashi Hayakawa's astonishing entry:
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One of the most incredible examples of compactness and obsfucation ever. I have heard that after seeing this entry, the judges were moved to simply end the contest after the first year.
http://web.mit.edu/PostScript/obfuscated-1993/
http://web.mit.edu/PostScript/obfuscated-1993/WINNERS
In PostScript you can redefine all of your operators (even operator for redefining!), and indeed this was often done to make the programs more compact for sending to printers in a shorter amount of time. This made PostScript an optimal language for disturbing levels of obsfucation.
The winner of "Most Obsfucated Artwork" was Takashi Hayakawa's astonishing entry:
One of the most incredible examples of compactness and obsfucation ever. I have heard that after seeing this entry, the judges were moved to simply end the contest after the first year.