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From: (Curd Reinert)

 I found a three liner in C producing a Mandelbrot set. However, it was
never supposed to do any kind of ascii-art, but to show how obscure
C code can be. Here it is:

float o=0....

                          ,                             ,
                  mWm,gWmm@Wssi
                  'X@@@@@@@@@@Wi      _. ,e@z,,.   _Wmmz
                  =@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ,,mW@@@@@@@@@@@Wms@@...

                                                ,_
                                              iW@@Wi
                                              !@@@@f
                                      __ ,g...

                   ....................
               .<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<..
           .<<<<<<<::::::<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<:.
         :<<<<<<<:xxXHHHix:<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<::
       <<<<<<...

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                                     `Y8888P'
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