There were some outstanding entries that did not win. Unfortunately some very good entries lost because they:
diff --git a/2004/README.md b/2004/README.md index c19cf8d4f..78dfe7ecb 100644 --- a/2004/README.md +++ b/2004/README.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The IOCCC website once had a number of [international mirrors](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210517/https://www.ioccc.org/mirror.html). As of 2020 Dec 29, [GitHub](https://www.github.com) serves as the distributed server farm for the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) that GitHub renders as -[Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). +[Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). ## Remarks on some of the entries diff --git a/2004/index.html b/2004/index.html index fb856a962..d24aeb3d9 100644 --- a/2004/index.html +++ b/2004/index.html @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ The primary website can be found at www.ioccc.or international mirrors. As of 2020 Dec 29, GitHub serves as the distributed server farm for the IOCCC winner repo that GitHub renders as -Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org. +Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org.We believe you will be impressed with this year’s winning entries. The Best of Show is a fine example of obfuscation. But don’t ignore the diff --git a/2005/README.md b/2005/README.md index ab513f579..22e65e038 100644 --- a/2005/README.md +++ b/2005/README.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The IOCCC website once had a number of [international mirrors](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210517/https://www.ioccc.org/mirror.html). As of 2020 Dec 29, [GitHub](https://www.github.com) serves as the distributed server farm for the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) that GitHub renders as -[Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). +[Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). ## Remarks on some of the entries diff --git a/2005/index.html b/2005/index.html index cb9ac8987..898534fe0 100644 --- a/2005/index.html +++ b/2005/index.html @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ The primary website can be found at www.ioccc.or international mirrors. As of 2020 Dec 29, GitHub serves as the distributed server farm for the IOCCC winner repo that GitHub renders as -Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org.
+Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org.We believe you will be impressed with this year’s winning entries.
In particular:
diff --git a/2006/README.md b/2006/README.md index 0a060e923..8ebcd9c01 100644 --- a/2006/README.md +++ b/2006/README.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The IOCCC website once had a number of [international mirrors](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210517/https://www.ioccc.org/mirror.html). As of 2020 Dec 29, [GitHub](https://www.github.com) serves as the distributed server farm for the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) that GitHub renders as -[Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). +[Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). ## Remarks on some of the entries diff --git a/2006/index.html b/2006/index.html index a3a2ec671..809936f42 100644 --- a/2006/index.html +++ b/2006/index.html @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ The primary website can be found at www.ioccc.or international mirrors. As of 2020 Dec 29, GitHub serves as the distributed server farm for the IOCCC winner repo that GitHub renders as -Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org. +Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org.There were some outstanding entries that did not win. Unfortunately some very good entries lost because they:
diff --git a/2011/README.md b/2011/README.md index 9dce94bd6..012e81413 100644 --- a/2011/README.md +++ b/2011/README.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The IOCCC website once had a number of [international mirrors](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210517/https://www.ioccc.org/mirror.html). As of 2020 Dec 29, [GitHub](https://www.github.com) serves as the distributed server farm for the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) that GitHub renders as -[Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). +[Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). ## Remarks on some of the entries diff --git a/2011/index.html b/2011/index.html index a5e2ab6bd..9eb8b3501 100644 --- a/2011/index.html +++ b/2011/index.html @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ The primary website can be found at www.ioccc.or international mirrors. As of 2020 Dec 29, GitHub serves as the distributed server farm for the IOCCC winner repo that GitHub renders as -Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org. +Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org.There were some outstanding entries that did not win. Unfortunately some very good entries lost because they:
diff --git a/2012/README.md b/2012/README.md index 5cf940808..1b0380c61 100644 --- a/2012/README.md +++ b/2012/README.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The IOCCC website once had a number of [international mirrors](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210517/https://www.ioccc.org/mirror.html). As of 2020 Dec 29, [GitHub](https://www.github.com) serves as the distributed server farm for the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) that GitHub renders as -[Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). +[Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). ## Remarks on some of the entries diff --git a/2012/index.html b/2012/index.html index 470d9433d..fa5326a01 100644 --- a/2012/index.html +++ b/2012/index.html @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ The primary website can be found at www.ioccc.or international mirrors. As of 2020 Dec 29, GitHub serves as the distributed server farm for the IOCCC winner repo that GitHub renders as -Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org. +Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org.We believe you will be impressed with this year’s winning entries. We had a very difficult time picking a single best from among the other entries diff --git a/2013/README.md b/2013/README.md index f33b32b51..cbb63438c 100644 --- a/2013/README.md +++ b/2013/README.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The IOCCC website once had a number of [international mirrors](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210517/https://www.ioccc.org/mirror.html). As of 2020 Dec 29, [GitHub](https://www.github.com) serves as the distributed server farm for the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) that GitHub renders as -[Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). +[Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). ## Remarks on some of the entries diff --git a/2013/index.html b/2013/index.html index e1a0f9c8f..28cf0a83d 100644 --- a/2013/index.html +++ b/2013/index.html @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ The primary website can be found at www.ioccc.or international mirrors. As of 2020 Dec 29, GitHub serves as the distributed server farm for the IOCCC winner repo that GitHub renders as -Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org.
+Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org.We believe you will again be impressed with this year’s winning entries.
This year, 9 won 15 awards. For the first time in the history of the contest, diff --git a/2014/README.md b/2014/README.md index b5d7e32a8..c5f5a1882 100644 --- a/2014/README.md +++ b/2014/README.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The IOCCC website once had a number of [international mirrors](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210517/https://www.ioccc.org/mirror.html). As of 2020 Dec 29, [GitHub](https://www.github.com) serves as the distributed server farm for the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) that GitHub renders as -[Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). +[Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). ## Remarks on some of the entries diff --git a/2014/index.html b/2014/index.html index 4ab73dd02..78e241096 100644 --- a/2014/index.html +++ b/2014/index.html @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ The primary website can be found at www.ioccc.or international mirrors. As of 2020 Dec 29, GitHub serves as the distributed server farm for the IOCCC winner repo that GitHub renders as -Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org.
+Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org.We believe you will again be impressed with this year’s winning entries.
This year, 2014:
diff --git a/2015/README.md b/2015/README.md index 39f741bb3..6db385a51 100644 --- a/2015/README.md +++ b/2015/README.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The IOCCC website once had a number of [international mirrors](https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210517/https://www.ioccc.org/mirror.html). As of 2020 Dec 29, [GitHub](https://www.github.com) serves as the distributed server farm for the [IOCCC winner repo](https://github.com/ioccc-src/winner) that GitHub renders as -[Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). +[Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org). ## Remarks on some of the winning entries diff --git a/2015/index.html b/2015/index.html index 140d481e6..97ed90c41 100644 --- a/2015/index.html +++ b/2015/index.html @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ The primary website can be found at www.ioccc.or international mirrors. As of 2020 Dec 29, GitHub serves as the distributed server farm for the IOCCC winner repo that GitHub renders as -Official IOCCC web site - www.ioccc.org. +Official IOCCC website - www.ioccc.org.We believe you will again be impressed with this year’s winning entries.
The fraction of worthy entries was higher than usual.
diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html index 757519dc4..19222a2d5 100644 --- a/faq.html +++ b/faq.html @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@This is FAQ version 28.2.12 2025-02-28.
+This is FAQ version 28.2.13 2025-03-01.
README.md) and/or sometimes JSON files (such as .entry.json or
the author/author_handle.json JSON files)
See the -FAQ on “fix web site” +FAQ on “fix website” for information on submitting fixes to the IOCCC website.
See the
FAQ on “update IOCCC author information”
@@ -6147,16 +6147,22 @@ posting was International Obfuscated C
The posting said ‘1st annual’, so in 1985 we held the 2nd IOCCC contest
and the tradition continues as the longest running contest on the Internet. P.S. Part of the inspiration for making the IOCCC a contest goes to the
-Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest.
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Some years, such as 1997, 1999, 2002-2003, 2007-2010, 2016-2017, 2021-2023, no IOCCC was held.
+There were some years, such as 1997, 1999, 2002-2003, 2007-2010, 2016-2017, +2021-2023 (or 2024, see below), when no IOCCC was held.
While we try to hold the IOCCC every year, sometime the other demands on the IOCCC judges do not permit us to hold a new IOCCC.
-The pause during the 2021-2023 period was due to the IOCCC judges developing tools to -make it much more likely for the IOCCC to be held on a yearly basis later on.
+The pause during 2021 through the end of 2024 (when IOCCC28 officially entered +pending status) was due to the development of tools (for submission, the server +and the website generation) and the JSON parser (for the tools, the contest and +the website) to make it easier and much more likely for the IOCCC to be held on +a yearly basis.
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IOCCC code is for educational and entertainment purposes only. We do NOT recommend installing any winning IOCCC entry code. Use code found the IOCCC repo and in the IOCCC web site at your own risk!
+IOCCC code is for educational and entertainment purposes only. We do NOT recommend installing any winning IOCCC entry code. Use code found the IOCCC repo and in the IOCCC website at your own risk!
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