22nd International Obfuscated C Code Contest Starts Thursday 1 Aug 2013

achowe writes "The 22nd International Obfuscated C Code Contest opens 2013-Aug-01 03:14:15 UTC through to 2013-Oct-03 09:26:53 UTC. The rules have been updated, in particular Rule 2 (size rule) has changed. The draft rules and guidelines are available online. In addition there is now an IOCCC Size Rule Tool to aid with counting the secondary size rule. Questions and comments for the Judges can be emailed to q.2013@ioccc.org and must include 'IOCCC 2013' in the subject. Or contact them via Twitter @IOCCC." Anyone planning on entering?

Comments

I was going to enter the contest

[Dishwasha]

But it was just way too confusing.

Re:You want obfuscated code?

[mwvdlee]

since there are ways to write redable Perl ).

You mean like Perl code written on paper for an exam where mistakes are marked with a red pen?

Re:You want obfuscated code?

[TheCarp]

While I agree perl can be written readable, and I do try to do that whenever I am writting perl... it also has so much syntactic sugar and idiom that writing obfuscated perl is a bit too easy.

I used to give people a perl code test that included the line:

"split //;"

Where else can you operate on one variable, save your result in another, and specify neither? Never mind functions that operate differently depending on whether or not they are called in scalar context.

Here's my submission:

[I'm New Around Here]

10 GOTO 10;

/* I'm not saying what it does, but it's powerful.

Re:Here's my submission:

[egamma]

10 GOTO 10;

/* I'm not saying what it does, but it's powerful.

Shouldn't that say:

10 GOTO 10

Without the semicolon?

Re:A contest to code poorly?

[Pikewake]

NASCAR?

Re:A contest to code poorly?

[achowe]

IOCCC 1991 Best Utility was a vi like editor in 1536 bytes; Debian went on to use the unobfuscated version "ae" as a small editor for the rescue floppy for many many years.

Obscure dates/times, too

[Anonymous Coward]

2013-Aug-01 03:14:15 UTC through to 2013-Oct-03 09:26:53

Umm, where'd those dates/times come from?

03:14:15 looks like pi truncated to 4 decimal places, but why Aug 1? And where'd the close date/time come from?

Re:Obscure dates/times, too

[Anonymous Coward]

pi = 3.1415 92653 589...
That explains the close time anyway, I didn't look at the dates.

Re:Obscure dates/times, too

[leob]

Retrospectively,
Aug. 1 is the birthday of Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician, author of The enjoyment of mathematics. Selections from mathematics for the amateur (with Hans Rademacher).
Oct. 3 is the day Edouard Lucas, French mathematician, known for his study of the Fibonacci sequence, died.

Good old days

[fruey]

At least one of the judges (^chongo^) was a contributor to this very site many moons ago, not sure if he's still here. (Had|Has) some fine prime number & math pages.

I strongly suggest taking time to look at just what previous entries have been able to do, including print musical notation, a working spreadsheet implementation, and a flight simulator. With obfuscation & size limits.

Ahhh memories. Never could enter myself though, can't even write normal C with any proficiency.

And this is for people who

[azav]

think that C isn't obfuscated enough.

I've got one

[slashmydots]

I should send a co-worker of mine. Nobody can ever tell what the hell his code does.