Whither the 19th IOCCC?

dazedNconfuzed writes "Whatever happened to the 19th IOCCC? The opening thereof was announced over two years ago and the winners' names were posted, but the source code was never released — leaving the results of the 2006 contest unknown as we get well into 2009. Emails to questions@ioccc.org just bounce. Surely the quiet absence of a high point of geekdom becomes news at some point!"

Comments

Re:it was bound to happen

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

I am a IOCCC winner, and I can tell you this: winning the IOCCC landed me a job.

You know why? Because someone who can spew out a short, interesting, and obfuscated C program and still comply with the IOCCC rules, which includes cross-platform compatibility and compliance with the K&R, demonstrates 3 things:

- He knows C very well indeed,
- He thinks outside the box, but within established rules,
- He's willing to work long hours just to optimize and polish a small piece of code.

This is valid for languages other than C; there's a reason why job interviews in the field of programming often include coding something, or solving a tricky piece of code. I know for a fact that many a prospective employer treats (or at least used to treat) the IOCCC as an excellent test of C proficiency.

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Re:Weird... this one too....

[Binestar]

The absolute best part is that the guestbook STILL WORKS.