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The 17th IOCCC is Now Open!

Posted by Cliff on from the putting-your-code-fu-to-the-test dept.

SimonCooper inputs: "Are you frustrated with software bloat? If so then you might want to consider submitting a little something to The 17th International Obfuscated C Code Contest. The contest is now open for submissions and runs from midnight Jan 7th, 2004 through the end of 29th Feb 2004 (all times in UTC!). Later on in January it will be possible to submit entries using a web form."

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  1. Another win for M$! by simonecaldana · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsft is going to win hands down, they would simple have to submit some windows source code.

    1. Re:Another win for M$! by gazbo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Are you allowed to say that under the NDA you obviously signed given that you've obviously actually seen Windows code and aren't just making "an hilarious" karma-whoring "joke"?

    2. Re:Another win for M$! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or maybe Linus Torvalds will win with his unbelievably obfuscated version of SCO's UnixWare?

      (Yes, that's a lame joke too. It's so lame that I have to tell it's a joke not to be moderated down as flamebait. And you should know it's not flamebait when it's true. Alright, the last sentence there was flamebait. But not anymore now that I've admitted it was. Now it's a joke. Funny! Laugh! Now give me my precious karma points, you fucking retard moderators! So now I'm a troll. Maybe I should post this anonymously. Or maybe I just should buy some cigarettes. Being a non-smoker makes me weird. Let this message be a warning if you consider to quit smoking. It's not worth it. You'll be like me, and there's nothing as disgusting as a self-concious troll. Cigarettes, cigarettes ... I'm off!)

    3. Re:Another win for M$! by simonecaldana · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm sorry, I can't answer you. I signed an NDA which forbids me to.

  2. Assuming, of course... by MarkusQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Later on in January it will be possible to submit entries using a web form.

    Assuming, of course, that they don't have a lameness filter.

    -- MarkusQ

  3. Not hard enough! by Larry+David · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obfuscated C code is one thing, and they make some great stuff, like that miniature BASIC interpreter which won last year (or was it 2002?). But if you want a REAL challenge, perhaps we should invent a new competition..

    The first International Readable Perl Code Contest. Your challenge.. write any application in Perl that's over 100 lines and that at least two other programmers can understand. We don't expect to have any winners for the next few years, but get coding.. and we'll see you soon!

    1. Re:Not hard enough! by aled · · Score: 4, Funny

      You know that Larry Wall (creator of Perl) won at least twice at IOCCC? that explains somethings...

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      "I think this line is mostly filler"