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The International Obfuscated C Code Contest

The winners of the 27th IOCCC have been announced. Congratulations!

Please see the following news items.

Goals of the Contest

Obfuscate: tr.v. -cated, -cating, -cates. To render obscure. To darken. To confuse: his emotions obfuscated his judgment.

[LLat. obfuscare, to darken : ob(intensive) + Lat. fuscare,

to darken < fuscus, dark.] -obfuscation n. obfuscatory adj





tr.v. -cated, -cating, -cates. The IOCCC: To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C program within the rules. To show the importance of programming style, in an ironic way. To stress C compilers with unusual code. To illustrate some of the subtleties of the C language. To provide a safe forum for poor C code. :-)



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