python vs. perl readability

[Hilbert]

Hello,

A friend of mine uses perl at work, I'm converting
to python. I've showed him a couple of times how
much easier it is to read python code than perl, but
last night he sent me this:
(I know it's ajoke, just wanted to share...)


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import sys

z,x,y= "}{|}A|k{|kA|}=BE1)|BF}))|$}:~pI~/;@Go{H%{&A?|if }:~pJ"\
       "IJ-1~#>=0:GoAG at HG;o{G;%-I&{?|m,kJ,j=C?;/@~o{~D:Gl[c]("\
       ")?","G$p:%~;%~;el!]':p%break~;![':p%#<len(j):~%\n\t\t"\
       "%if c=='%while o%\n%m[k]%+=1%\t%if not %c=j[o]%-=1%sy"\
       "s.std%[0]*64000,0,0,open(sys.argv[1]).read()%if l.has"\
       "_key(c)%in.read(%out.write(chr(%=1%,o".split('%'),"HG"\
       "&%/~!#?}{;$@ABCDEFIJ"

for i in range(len(x)):z=z.replace(y[i],x[i])
z=z.split('|')
for o in range(9):
    exec("def %c():\n\tglobal k,m,o,j\n\t%s\n"%(chr(97+o),z[o]))
l={'>':c,'<':d,'-': b,'+':a,',':e,'.':f,'[':g,']':h}
i()
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Hilbert