CRACKER, the premier code obfuscation utility for Python... (WAS: RE: POLLY: An IDE for Parrot)

[Bob Calco]

CRACKER 1.0
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What Is It?
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A code obfuscation utility for the Python language. Basically, it makes a
Python script much harder to read.

Example:
-------

INPUT:
------

import sys

def main():
    n = int(sys.argv[1])
    x = n * [0]
    y = n * [0]
    for i in xrange(0,n):
        x[i] = i
    for i in xrange(n-1,-1,-1):
        y[i] = x[i]
    print y[-1]

main()

OUTPUT:
-------

use strict;
my $n = $ARGV[0] || 1;
my @X;
my @Y;
for (my $i=0; $i<$n; $i++)
{
    $X[$i] = $i;
}
for (my $i=$n-1; $i>=0; $i--)
{
    $Y[$i] = $X[$i];
}
print "$Y[-1]\n";

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;)

Bob Calco

# -----Original Message-----
# From: python-list-admin at python.org
# [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Warren Postma
# Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 1:14 AM
# To: python-list at python.org
# Subject: POLLY: An IDE for Parrot
#
#
# Polly 1.0
# ---------
#
# What Is It?
# -----------
#
# A nice Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the Parrot language
# invented by GvR and the Wall-meister, with contributions from the open
# source community.
#
# Online Help Feature
# --------------------
#
# When you hit F1, it will print out a random insult, and suggest that you
# read a randomly generated ANSI,
# ISO, or MIL-STD spec serial number, and impolitely suggest that
# you go away,
# or it will pop up a prefabricated answer from the code-snippet library of
# one of the friendly neighborhood usenet-Bots, translating from Python
# internal syntax to Parrot syntax for display, and inserting one
# hard to find
# scope error along the way, courtesy of mangled indentations,
# similar to the
# functionality built into Outlook Express.   This feature alone
# should really
# lower the congestion on comp.lang.perl and comp.lang.python substantially.
#
# GUI Builder
# ------------
#
# The GUI uses a combination of Tk, wxWindows, and the raw XLib and
# Win32 GDI
# APIs.  The GUI Frames manager has a built in "themes" mode that
# can simulate
# (a) incredibly ugly Tk widgets, (b) Win32 text widget that flicker, and
# Win32 32x32 16 color Icons that just plain refuse to appear, or (c)
# WxWindows widgets that consume 10Kb of additional memory per
# window event or
# mouse click, for each item on the screen.
#
#
# Any interest?
#
#
# Warren
#
#
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