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Researchers Lay Groundwork for Unbreakable Code
by Jim Turley
“Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.” – anonymous 
Obfuscated code is normally considered a bad thing. Plenty of us write unintelligible code by accident, but, as a rule, we’re supposed to write code that’s clear, understandable, and maintainable. Clarity of purpose is a mark of good digital hygiene. 
But that goes out the window if you’re a security expert. In the crypto world, you
want obfuscated code. You want to make it hard – ideally, impossible – for outsiders to figure out what your program is doing, or how. Obfuscation is a goal, not an impediment.  ....

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