Comment by tromp
5 years ago
This linguistic feat also applies to code.
For my 2012 IOCCC entry [1], I spent many many hours tweaking the syntax and ordering of code to get the uniform looking layout. Which I ended up doing many times over every time I found a way to shorten the code. One can play with the total height, width of the arms, and height of the arms, to try to get back to uniformity.
I expect many other IOCCC authors have had similar experiences.
I looked closer into this IOCCC entry, and must say I am very deeply impressed. For those wondering, I would recommend the accompanying article [1] as a starting point.
[1] https://www.ioccc.org/2012/tromp/hint.html