Lasherism

Lasherism n.  [Harvard] A program that solves a standard
   problem (such as the Eight Queens puzzle or implementing the
   {life} algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way.
   Distinguished from a {crock} or {kluge} by the fact that the
   programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise.  Such
   constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the
   {Obfuscated C Contest}, and occasionally in {retrocomputing}.
   Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became
   notorious for such behavior.