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A great example for obfuscated PlainTeX code. Happy Pi Day!
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\texttt% more suitable for this document
This great example for obfuscated Plain\TeX\ code was posted by \href{http://sdh33b.blogspot.com/2010/03/happy-pi-day.html}{Steve in his Code Blog}:
\begin{verbatim}
\let~\catcode
~`z0~`'1~`,2~`q13~`z#
14~`46zdefq41'~`4113zgdef,q
QQ41'~`4113zlet,qBB415425'41-P#
7427,QPPzexpandafterqAA414243'H#H
42434341542415,qCC41742743'41i-D42#
434343,qww',zedefw'PPPCPBAyap!,qEE',q
6641'~`4113zcountdef,QNNzifnum6RR1R20E6
YY2QAAzadvanceY-RAY1QMMzmultiply6XX3EqS
S'Ezhskip0.5em,EQJJzjobnameEQmmwE6TT5qj
j4142x'41zgdefm'42,,EQ!!zglobalE6CC7Eqr
r41'T41MT41ACT,qHH'C0rXrYC-CrR,qOO'zifx
mEPjwxEzelsePjmxzfi,qcc'NX<RHNC<0Szelse
OEzfiAX1PczelseE!AY2zfi,EzedefzJ'J,qv
v'@,zifxzJvQOO*zfiEqll'NY<RX-Rzhbox
'c,Plzfi,zttl~`z612qii41h',~`zx0i
3.14159265358979323846264338327
950288419716939937510582097
494459230781640628620
899...kthxbye
\end{verbatim}
It compiles to:
\begin{verse}{%
\let~\catcode
~`z0~`'1~`,2~`q13~`z#
14~`46zdefq41'~`4113zgdef,q
QQ41'~`4113zlet,qBB415425'41-P#
7427,QPPzexpandafterqAA414243'H#H
42434341542415,qCC41742743'41i-D42#
434343,qww',zedefw'PPPCPBAyap!,qEE',q
6641'~`4113zcountdef,QNNzifnum6RR1R20E6
YY2QAAzadvanceY-RAY1QMMzmultiply6XX3EqS
S'Ezhskip0.5em,EQJJzjobnameEQmmwE6TT5qj
j4142x'41zgdefm'42,,EQ!!zglobalE6CC7Eqr
r41'T41MT41ACT,qHH'C0rXrYC-CrR,qOO'zifx
mEPjwxEzelsePjmxzfi,qcc'NX<RHNC<0Szelse
OEzfiAX1PczelseE!AY2zfi,EzedefzJ'J,qv
v'@,zifxzJvQOO*zfiEqll'NY<RX-Rzhbox
'c,Plzfi,zttl~`z612qii41h',~`zx0i
3.14159265358979323846264338327
950288419716939937510582097
494459230781640628620
899...kth}% Please notice the missing \bye here at the end!
\end{verse}
But wait! There is even an Easter Egg: With $@$ as jobname, it compiles instead to:
\begin{verse}\makeatletter\def\jobname{@}{%
\let~\catcode
~`z0~`'1~`,2~`q13~`z#
14~`46zdefq41'~`4113zgdef,q
QQ41'~`4113zlet,qBB415425'41-P#
7427,QPPzexpandafterqAA414243'H#H
42434341542415,qCC41742743'41i-D42#
434343,qww',zedefw'PPPCPBAyap!,qEE',q
6641'~`4113zcountdef,QNNzifnum6RR1R20E6
YY2QAAzadvanceY-RAY1QMMzmultiply6XX3EqS
S'Ezhskip0.5em,EQJJzjobnameEQmmwE6TT5qj
j4142x'41zgdefm'42,,EQ!!zglobalE6CC7Eqr
r41'T41MT41ACT,qHH'C0rXrYC-CrR,qOO'zifx
mEPjwxEzelsePjmxzfi,qcc'NX<RHNC<0Szelse
OEzfiAX1PczelseE!AY2zfi,EzedefzJ'J,qv
v'@,zifxzJvQOO*zfiEqll'NY<RX-Rzhbox
'c,Plzfi,zttl~`z612qii41h',~`zx0i
3.14159265358979323846264338327
950288419716939937510582097
494459230781640628620
899...kth}\makeatother
\end{verse}
\end{document}
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