The new version of Perl, Perl 6, introduces new features to Perl 5 that will make it an invaluable tool for obfuscated code contests such as unicode characters (you thought you had to decipher the meaning of only 256 characters? Think again) and meta-operators. Perl 6 obsoletes Perl 5 for these contests, even brainfuck is no longer a useful tool for obfuscated code contests, because it is no match for Perl 6.
Lisp isn't very useful for these obfuscated code contests, but if you are interested in actually writing computer programs then its worth looking into.
http://perl.plover.com/obfuscated/
The new version of Perl, Perl 6, introduces new features to Perl 5 that will make it an invaluable tool for obfuscated code contests such as unicode characters (you thought you had to decipher the meaning of only 256 characters? Think again) and meta-operators. Perl 6 obsoletes Perl 5 for these contests, even brainfuck is no longer a useful tool for obfuscated code contests, because it is no match for Perl 6.
Lisp isn't very useful for these obfuscated code contests, but if you are interested in actually writing computer programs then its worth looking into.