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PostScript sample obfuscation / minimisation
% PostScript sample obfuscation / minimisation
% gs -dNODISPLAY fibo_tiny.ps
% Nicolas Seriot, 2025-09
% Based on an idea from Takashi Hayakawa
% see https://seriot.ch/projects/postscript_tiny_ray_tracer.html
/if % a
/exch % b
/dup % c
/gt % d
/sub % e
/add % f
/mul % g
/def % h
% -- associate keys and values
count { ( ) dup 0 count 93 add put exch cvx def } repeat
% -- char to string
/S { ( ) dup 0 4 3 roll put } def
/*[
47 {{ S cvn }} repeat % names 1
10 {{ S cvi }} repeat % numbers
65 {{ S cvn }} repeat % names 2
2 {{ pop [ }} repeat % open block
3 {{ pop ] }} repeat % close block
] def
% -- convert to names (1)
% 0 nul 1 soh 2 stx 3 etx 4 eot 5 enq 6 ack 7 bel
% 8 bs 9 ht 10 nl 11 vt 12 np 13 cr 14 so 15 si
% 16 dle 17 dc1 18 dc2 19 dc3 20 dc4 21 nak 22 syn 23 etb
% 24 can 25 em 26 sub 27 esc 28 fs 29 gs 30 rs 31 us
% 32 sp 33 ! 34 " 35 # 36 $ 37 % 38 & 39 '
% 40 ( 41 ) 42 * 43 + 44 , 45 - 46 . 47 /
% -- convert to integer
% 48 0 49 1 50 2 51 3 52 4 53 5 54 6 55 7
% 56 8 57 9
% -- convert to names (2)
% 58 : 59 ; 60 < 61 = 62 > 63 ?
% 64 @ 65 A 66 B 67 C 68 D 69 E 70 F 71 G
% 72 H 73 I 74 J 75 K 76 L 77 M 78 N 79 O
% 80 P 81 Q 82 R 83 S 84 T 85 U 86 V 87 W
% 88 X 89 Y 90 Z 91 [ 92 \  93 ] 94 ^ 95 _
% 96 ` 97 a 98 b 99 c 100 d 101 e 102 f 103 g
% 104 h 105 i 106 j 107 k 108 l 109 m 110 n 111 o
% 112 p 113 q 114 r 115 s 116 t 117 u 118 v 119 w
% 120 x 121 y 122 z
% -- convert to [
% 123 { 124 |
% -- convert to ]
% 125 } 126 ~ 127 del
% Fibonacci
% /fib {
% dup 1 gt {
% 1 sub dup 1 sub fib exch fib add
% } if
% } def
% alternative: /f { 0 1 3 2 roll 1 sub { dup 3 1 roll add } repeat } def
% A B
({c1d{1ec1eAbAf}a}{3g})
% -- decode blocks, put them on stack
{dup * exch get exec cvx} forall
% -- associate blocks with A, B, etc
count { count 64 add S exch def } repeat
7 A == % 13
7 B == % 21
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