diff --git a/content/sigbovik/index.md b/content/sigbovik/index.md index be2f1d0..f24875d 100644 --- a/content/sigbovik/index.md +++ b/content/sigbovik/index.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ In this paper, we aim to answer a long-standing open problem in the programming We answer this question in the affirmative: it **is possible** to smear paint on the wall without creating a valid Perl program. We employ an empirical approach, using optical character recognition (OCR) software, which finds that merely 93% of paint splatters parse as valid Perl. We analyze the properties of paint-splatter Perl programs, and present seven examples of paint splatters which are not valid Perl programs.

but is it possible to smear paint on the wall without creating valid Perl?

— Jake Archibald (@jaffathecake) February 13, 2019
- + Accepted for publication at SIGBOVIK 2019, held April 1st 2019 in Pittsburgh. Winner of a Unwitting Participation Ribbon, "an unwelcome brand we’ve affixed to each paper determined after careful scrutiny to have included a genuine artifact, thereby furthering the admirable causes of open science and fruitful procrastination."