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The First Annual Underhanded C Contest

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the delightfully-malicious dept.

Xcott Craver writes "We have just announced a new annual contest, the Underhanded C Contest, to write clear, readable, innocent-looking C code that implements malicious behavior. The object is to hide evil functionality that survives visual inspection of the source. The prize is beer."

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  1. Re:An example from years ago by dustmite · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Uhm .. that can't be, sizeof(int) on DOS is 16 bits.

    Unless you meant the Watcom compiler for DOS4GW? BIG difference.

    DOS = 16-bit real-mode. DOS4GW = 32-bit protected mode.