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International Obfuscated C Code Tattoo

Posted by michael on from the now-typo-free dept.

chongo writes "Some people eschew obfuscation while other live for it. Thomas Scovell has taken obfuscation to a completely new personal level by obtaining the very first International Obfuscated C Code Tattoo. We (the IOCCC Judges) are pleased that Thomas has honored the 1984 anonymous IOCCC winning entry by placing the source code on his arm: the very first IOCCC winner to receive this distinction. The anonymous winner (a person who known for various things on the Internet and has been programming in and associated with C for decades) feels honored by the tattoo as well."

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  1. So... who was it? by keiferb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The article reads like we're almost supposed to know who 'Anonymous' is... Kernighan? Ritchie?

    1. Re:So... who was it? by aled · · Score: 3, Interesting

      He He... Larry Wall (Perl's creator) has at least two winning entries in the IOCCC. If you ever wondered why Perl is so ofuscated...

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      "I think this line is mostly filler"
  2. Re:entry explained by voisine · · Score: 2, Interesting

    hmmm... so is that done by the kernel then? Otherwise I could just modify gcc to not initialiaze globals couldn't I?