shii-chan

shii-chan is the most advanced peice of software on the planet

I opened up the source for Shiichan for kicks and I swear my eyes started bleeding. Not only is the source unbelievably messy (MIXING TABS AND SPACES SHOULD BE A CAPITAL CRIME), but it incorporates some of the stupidest coding practices I've ever seen.

Prime example of idiocy:
foreach ($postarray as $apost) {
    list($start,$end) = explode('-',$apost);
     if (strpos($start,'l') === 0) {$start = ($numposts - intval(substr($start,1)))+1; $end = $numposts;}
    if ($start < 1) $start = 1;
    if ($end == "") if (strstr($apost,"-")) $end = $numposts; else $end = $start;
    if ($end > $numposts) $end = $numposts;
    if ($start > $numposts) $start = $numposts;>     if ($start <= $end) {
      for ($i = $start; $i <= $end; $i++) {>          list($name, $trip, $date, $message, $id, $ip) = explode("<>", $thread[$i]);>          if ($trip) $trip = "#".$trip;>          if ($isitreadphp) $return .= PrintPost($i, $name, $trip, $date, $id, $message, $postfile, 1, $boardname);
         else $return .= PrintPost($i, $name, $trip, $date, $id, $message, $postfile, $threadid, $boardname);>       }>     } else {>           for ($i = $start; $i >= $end; $i--) {
       if ($end < 1) $end = 1; if ($start > $numposts) $start = $numposts;
         list($name, $trip, $date, $message, $id, $ip) = explode("<>", $thread[$i]);
         if ($trip) $trip = "#".$trip;>          if ($isitreadphp) $return .= PrintPost($i, $name, $trip, $date, $id, $message, $postfile, 1, $boardname);
         else $return .= PrintPost($i, $name, $trip, $date, $id, $message, $postfile, $threadid, $boardname);
       }
    }
}

JESUS. FUCKING. CHRIST.