Discussions have come up in the past regarding the question if
LabVIEW is a real programming language.
Some of the central points are discussed in detail in this
LabVIEW Zone article by Jeff Kodosky. A more recent development was the
addition of LabVIEW as a programming language to the software map at sourceforge.net.
One glaring omission so far has been the complete absence of any official
obfuscated code contest such
this one for C.
(One might argue that some of the posted LabVIEW code here would qualify without any changes, but I am sure some of us could do even better! :))
To help round out the picture and add another milestone to the worldwide recognition of LabVIEW, I propose the
***** First annual obfuscated LabVIEW code contest *****
Since this is all still in its infancy, we would need to agree on some rules and guidelines. (Everyone can take an existing LabVIEW program, select everything on the diagram, followed by a "align vertically" and "align horizontally". This is boring.)
We are looking for amazing and surprising code filled with originality and creativity.
I am not entirely sure about the best way to do all this, so feel free to discuss the format. One possibility would be for everybody to post code entries here until a certain deadline, then we can nominate the top entries for a vote by poll.