Sorry, right now you cannot enter the contest.
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest is closed.
Even though you missed last year's contest, please consider
entering the next contest!
While you should want for the new rules before sending in an entry,
you can get an idea of what to expect by reading the
old rules
and the
old guidelines.
Goals of the Contest
Obfuscate:
tr.v. -cated, -cating, -cates. 1. a. To render obscure.
b. To darken. 2. To confuse: his emotions obfuscated his judgment.
[LLat. obfuscare, to darken : ob(intensive) + Lat. fuscare,
to darken < fuscus, dark.] -obfuscation n. obfuscatory adj
To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C program under the rules below.
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. :-)
What's New?
01 Apr 2000:
The 2000 contest is now
closed.
The judges have started the
process of judging the entries.
01 Feb 2000:
15th International Obfuscated C Code Contest officially runs
from 01-Feb-2000 00:00 UTC to 31-Mar-2000 23:59:59 UTC.
See ``how to enter'' for details.
09 Jun 99:
The 1998 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winners
were announced during the
Usenix '99
Technical Conference
IOCCC
BOF. The names of the
winners are available but the source
code is not currently available.
26 May 99:
The 1998 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winners will be
announced during the
Usenix '99
Technical Conference
IOCCC
BOF (9 June 1999, 10pm-11pm).
22 May 99:
The judges have completed the final
round of judging.
25 Apr 99:
The judges have reached the final
rounds of judging the entries.
22 Apr 99:
The judges are in the middle
of judging the entries.
01 Feb 99:
The 1998 contest is now
closed.
The judges have started the
process of judging the entries.
01 Dec 98:
We have corrected a minor problem in
mkentry.c that
was discovered by Bas de Bakker.
21 Nov 98:
14th International Obfuscated C Code Contest officially runs
from 26-Nov-98 12:00 UTC to 31-Jan-99 23:59:59 UTC.
See ``how to enter'' for details.
20 Oct 98:
We have new IOCCC judging team in place. We are working on a
1998 contest rule set.
25 Aug 98:
We are still in the final selection round for the new judging team.
21 Jul 98:
We are in the final selection round for the new judging team.
24 Jun 98:
Want to be an IOCCC judge? Apply today!
Note: We have
selected a new IOCCC judging team (see 20Oct98 above).
09 Jun 98:
Leonid A. Broukhis and Landon Curt Noll are looking for more IOCCC judges.
02 Apr 98:
The contest was put on hold for a while.
19 Mar 98:
The old 13th IOCCC ``What's New? has been archived.
03 Oct 96:
The old 12th IOCCC ``What's New? has been archived.
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