Dennis Ritchie Tribute Part 2: Obfuscated C from Brian Westley

After looking through all that Quicksort code, I was sent back to the Obfuscated C Code Contest. (Some of the highlights over the years.) Many of the entries go for obfuscation and complexity over all ...

Battle Lines

Reductionistic Framework Alert! I recently ran across an old essay by Lisp expert, venture capitalist, and general software guru Paul Graham. Graham is a very sharp person and his Lisp books are excellent, but he ...

Dwight Macdonald’s “Masscult and Midcult”

Oulipo Tangent: John Sladek