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		JonnieCache on April 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing code with MS Paint >C code is too "random" to produce nice images In a world where it is possible to compute a file that contains its own MD5, I wouldn't bet on this. Wish I could find the link, there was some feted programmer who had a friend that bet him such a thing was not possible. He proceeded to write an algorithm that found such a file by brute force. I wouldn't count on the eventual C being pretty though. See also: electronic musicians hiding pictures in their music http://www.bastwood.com/?page_id=10

JoachimSchipper on April 6, 2011 [–]

You're right: sane C code is too "random" to produce nice images. ;-)

JonnieCache on April 6, 2011 | [–]

One hacker's insanity is another's pastime.

http://www.de.ioccc.org/main.html

JoachimSchipper on April 6, 2011 | | [–]

Yeah, that's what I thought of too. Has it been done yet?

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