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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. they are still... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    figuring out the entries

  2. There, I've saved you a Google search... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's the The International Obfuscated C Code Contest.

  3. Weird... this one too.... by nmoog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've also noticed that this fortune city personal hom page from 1999 is still under construction... Any one know when it might be done?

  4. winning entries by sdsykes_ss · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't have links to all the entries, but here is best of show: http://nanochess.110mb.com/emulator.html

    And here are my two winning entries: http://www.stephensykes.com/blog_perm.html?148

    Enjoy!

  5. Re:it was bound to happen by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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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