93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019)

(mcmillen.dev)

31 points | by zenincognito 53 minutes ago

5 comments

layer8 5 minutes ago
Tangentially related, the only way for a Java properties file to be invalid is if it contains an invalid Unicode escape sequence (“\u” not followed by four digits).
gnabgib 20 minutes ago
Popular in:
2024 (515 points, 125 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40197013
2021 (431 points, 165 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27929730
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- adamrezich 11 minutes ago
  The reply near the top of the 2021 link with the Master Foo koan hits quite a bit differently in the age of vibecoding.
zenincognito 49 minutes ago
The actual paper is also highly entertaining - https://www.mcmillen.dev/sigbovik/2019.pdf
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- Amorymeltzer 32 minutes ago
  In particular, I like "Figure − 3. − 3 ." as a good little easter egg.
TMWNN 5 minutes ago
https://www.tiktok.com/@evakozy/video/7693620372213730592
sadboi_fandango 27 minutes ago
Jackson Pollock was writing perl code all along