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char*lie;

double time, me= !0XFACE,

not; int rested, get, out;

main(ly, die) char ly, **die ;{

signed char lotte,

dear; (char)lotte--;

for(get= !me;; not){

1 - out & out ;lie;{

char lotte, my= dear,

**let= !!me *!not+ ++die;

(char*)(lie=

"The gloves are OFF this time, I detest you, snot\\\\n\\\\0sed GEEK!");

do {not= *lie++ & 0xF00L* !me;

#define love (char*)lie -

love 1 *!(not= atoi(let

[get -me?

(char)lotte-

(char)lotte: my- *love -

'I' - *love - 'U' -

'I' - (long) - 4 - 'U' ])- !!

(time =out= 'a'));} while( my - dear

&& 'I'-1l -get- 'a'); break;}}

(char)*lie++;

(char)*lie++, (char)*lie++; hell:0, (char)*lie;

get *out* (short)ly -0-'R'- get- 'a'^rested;

do {auto*eroticism,

that; puts(*( out

- 'c'

-('P'-'S') +die+ -2 ));}while(!"you're at it");

for (*((char*)&lotte)^=

(char)lotte; (love ly) [(char)++lotte+

!!0xBABE];){ if ('I' -lie[ 2 +(char)lotte]){ 'I'-1l ***die; }

else{ if ('I' * get *out* ('I'-1l **die[ 2 ])) *((char*)&lotte) -=

'4' - ('I'-1l); not; for(get=!

get; !out; (char)*lie & 0xD0- !not) return!!

(char)lotte;}

(char)lotte;

do{ not* putchar(lie [out

*!not* !!me +(char)lotte]);

not; for(;!'a';);}while(

love (char*)lie);{

register this; switch( (char)lie

[(char)lotte] -1 *!out) {

char*les, get= 0xFF, my; case' ':

*((char*)&lotte) += 15; !not +(char)*lie*'s';

this +1+ not; default: 0xF +(char*)lie;}}}

get - !out;

if (not--)

goto hell;

exit( (char)lotte);}

charlie,
doubletime me, OXFACE!
not interested, get out
mainly die, charly, *die*
signed charlotte

I have often felt that programming is an art form,
whose real value can only be appreciated
by another versed in the same arcane art;
there are lovely gems and brilliant coups
hidden from human view and admiration, sometimes forever,
by the very nature of the process.