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Whither the 19th IOCCC?

Posted by kdawson on from the now-that's-obfuscated dept.

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!"

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  1. Half-assed by PyroMosh · · Score: 1, Troll

    I had never heard of this. But a quick googling reveals lots of similar problems with past contests, such as not being able to organize in time to have contestants some years, etc.

    Sounds like it's a half-assed operation that's just not very well organized. Like 99% of Source Forge projects. People sign on, lose interest, and disappear. That's the nature of open source sometimes, you have to wade through lots of shit to get to the gems. (though I'd say the gems tend to make things worth it).

    Hardly what I would call a high point of anything. Seeing the source would be neat, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over this.

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  2. Re:Weird... this one too.... by MMC+Monster · · Score: 0, Troll

    Informative is good. It lets us know that the particular web page is still under construction. I would have gone with +1 Interesting, though.

    (Sublime mods are just part of the fun on /. :-))

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