Congratulations to:
* 2024/anders - Prize in sound coding - layered music generator
* 2024/burton - Prize in pentagrammatology - wordle hard mode solver
* 2024/cable1 - Prize in bot talk - LLM inference engine
* 2024/cable2 - Prize in murky waters - salmon recipe
* 2024/carlini - Prize in perfect timing - Intel 4004 emulation
* 2024/codemeow - Prize in tray planting - bonsai generator
* 2024/endoh1 - Prize in patient pointillism - slow ray tracer in CPP
* 2024/endoh2 - Prize in solid body physics - rotating rigid body simulation
* 2024/ferguson1 - Prize in diabolical logistics - Oregon trail pact with the devil
* 2024/ferguson2 - Prize in yil-tas - Navajo code talker translator
* 2024/howe - Nice accent eh-ward - mini vi
* 2024/kramer - Prize in linguistic arithmetic - natural language numerical calculator
* 2024/kurdyukov1 - Prize in phased periodicity - phase of the Moon
* 2024/kurdyukov2 - Prize in art restoration - JPEG artifact removal
* 2024/kurdyukov3 - Prize in virtual quietus - gaming VM and doom
* 2024/kurdyukov4 - Prize in embiggening - encode without literals
* 2024/maffiodo - Prize in creative interpretation - Jav\*script interpreter
* 2024/mills - Prize in ℤ₃ - Infocom v3 story interpreter
* 2024/stedolan - Best one liner - icon from MD5
* 2024/straadt - Prize in imitative rebooting - OpenRISC CPU and Linux
* 2024/tmarrec - Prize in cyclonic coding - 3D tornado simulation
* 2024/tompng - Prize in quasi bijection - vortex encryptor decryptor
* 2024/weaver - Sur prize - rickroll
Ran `make update` to perform the above.
new file: 2024/burton/.entry.json
We indent FAQ 10.6.1, added in a previous commit, in the
same way we indent 3rd level FAQ numbers. Also adjusted
the vertical whitespace around the FAQ in `faq.md` to
be consistent with the other FAQ sections.
Updated sitemap.
Ran `make faq sitemap` to perform the above.
It is not clear, as the FAQ shows for now, whether this works with just
desktop/computers or not - it is only possible to enable it on computers
(or if it's possible in mobile devices I did not see it though I only
checked with an iPhone).
This FAQ should probably be linked to in the guidelines later on as
right now it says that one should reload the feed as you do not get
notifications unless you are mentioned (assuming you have push
notifications enabled). As one of the pending changes post winners being
announced (02 August 2025 at 11 Pacific) is to clean up the guidelines,
rules and maybe the FAQ (that was rushed towards the end so as to not
delay IOCCC28 even longer) I have not done this.
Rebuilt faq.html. New image under png/.
FAQ version: 28.2.21 2025-07-31.
Added news for **2025-07-30** with the scheduled the date for the IOCCC
Awards Presentation and Source Code Reveal for IOCCC28 to be on 2025
August 02 11:00 (11AM) Pacific.
We add `make news` to the top level `Makefile.
Ran `make news timestamp` to perform the above.
We improve the text in the top level `social.html` page.
Added a number of missing files to the sitemap.
Changed `bin/gen-sitemap.sh` VERSION from "2.0.1 2025-04-28"
to "2.0.2 2025-07-30".
Ran `make social sitemap` to perform the above.
Prepare for the winners of **IOCCC28**.
> However these are not the 2024 droids you are looking for. :-)
The HTML menu (both JavaScript and non-JavaScript) has been updated.
The `Status -> Rules and guidelines' have been replaced with two
separate menus `Status -> IOCCC rules` and `Status -> IOCCC guidelines`.
Added a new top level `social.html` page: built from a new `social.md`.
Sorted rules for building specific web pages in the top level `Makefile`.
Added `make social` to make the `social.html` page from `social.md`.
The `bin/gen-top-html.sh` now is able to process a argument of **social**
to process the new top level `social.html` page.
Changed `bin/gen-top-html.sh` VERSION from "2.0.0 2025-03-13"
to "2.0.1 2025-07-25".
Below `About -> Home page` a new `About -> IOCCC social media` menu item
as added.
Because the menu change touched every HTML file, we changed the general
copyright date range for HTML files from "1984-2024" to "1984-2025"
due to the extensive changes made for **IOCCC28**.
Those markdown files that were modified in 2025 had their copyright date
range also changed from "1984-2024" to "1984-2025".
Rebuilt tarballs and sitemap due to the extensive HTML rebuilding.
Ran `make update` to perform the above.
We add `make clang-format` to the Makefile tree.
Add `important disclaimers about contest status` link to `status.html`.
Update `years.html` due to recent commit that fixed typo for abstract of 2011/akari.
Improve `template/README.md.year` for future IOCCC contents.
Ran `make quick_www` to perform the above.
Typo fix in 2020/ferguson2/index.html
We are approving pending valid updates to the winner repository as
a prerequisite for preparing for the inclusion of **IOCCC28** winning
entries.
**NOTE**: All subsequent pull requests (beyond the set we will now approve)
will be considered after the publication of the **IOCCC28** winning entries
and after a suitable IOCCC vacation for the IOCCC judges and staff.
Add FAQs about submission server per recent talks
We are approving pending valid updates to the winner repository as
a prerequisite for preparing for the inclusion of **IOCCC28** winning
entries.
**NOTE**: All subsequent pull requests (beyond the set we will now approve)
will be considered after the publication of the **IOCCC28** winning entries
and after a suitable IOCCC vacation for the IOCCC judges and staff.
Fix title for FAQ 1.7 in TOC
We are approving pending valid updates to the winner repository as
a prerequisite for preparing for the inclusion of **IOCCC28** winning
entries.
**NOTE**: All subsequent pull requests (beyond the set we will now approve)
will be considered after the publication of the **IOCCC28** winning entries
and after a suitable IOCCC vacation for the IOCCC judges and staff.
Typo fix in 1984/mullender/Makefile
We are approving pending valid updates to the winner repository as
a prerequisite for preparing for the inclusion of **IOCCC28** winning
entries.
**NOTE**: All subsequent pull requests (beyond the set we will now approve)
will be considered after the publication of the **IOCCC28** winning entries
and after a suitable IOCCC vacation for the IOCCC judges and staff.
We have a clever use of the sgit(1) to cleaver cleaver. :-)
Updated `sitemap.xml` and the `status.json` timestamp.
Ran 'make quick_www' to perform the above.
The `bin/gen-years.sh` has been updated to include the abstract of the
winning entry.
Changed `bin/gen-years.sh` VERSION from "2.1.1 2025-06-06"
ta "2.2.0 2025-07-10".
Ran `make gen_years timestamp` to perform the above.
Verified that all is up to date via a `make update`, with
the exception of the `sitemap.xml` which references the few
recent tarballs that were built during the previous commit.
FYI: The full `make update` took:
make update 1263.80s user 310.88s system 96% cpu 27:10.20 total
Ran 'make update' to perform the above.
Adjusted `bin/md2html.cfg` to allow for the creation of year level
archive of the rules and guidelines that were in effect when the given
year's content opened for submissions.
We improved `bin/gen-year-index.sh` so that if there exists
a `YYYY/rules.md` rules archive, then `YYYY/rules.html`
will be created.
We improved `bin/gen-year-index.sh` so that if there exists
a `YYYY/guidelines.md` rules archive, then `YYYY/guidelines.html`
will be created.
Changed `bin/gen-year-index.sh` VERSION from "2.0.0 2025-03-13"
to "2.1.0 2025-07-05".
Adjusted `next/rules.md` and `next/guidelines.md` so that when they are
copied as archived copies of rules and guidelines under a YYYY directory,
the internal links do not break. There are **NO** changes to the readable
contents of the rules and guidelines, only some changes to a few internal links.
Updated `1992/buzzard.2/index.html, `1993/rince/index.html`, and
`2012/omoikane/index.html that were modified by recent commits.
Rebuild sitemap due to the changes above.
Ran `make www` to test and perform the above.
The `display_as` field in an `.entry_json` file must match
the regex `^[a-z][0-9a-z]*$` now. This is needed to reduce
errors during the final round while converting a potential
submission to entry form.
Modify `1992/buzzard.2/.entry.json` and
`1993/rince/.entry.json` to change `display_as` field
to use lower case.
Correct `2012/omoikane/.entry.json` to correctly
reflect changes made by commit 2955e5d07e
and commit 2955e5d07e.
Change `bin/cvt-submission.sh` to verify that the `display_as`
matches the above regex.
Changed `bin/cvt-submission.sh` VERSION from "2.2.2 2025-06-30"
to "2.3.0 2025-07-02".
Rebuild all tarballs, both at the entry and the year level
due recent changes to `var.mk`, `1337.mk`, and `ioccc.css`.
Rebuild sitemap due to the changes above.
Ran `make update` to test and perform the above.
When `bin/cvt-submission.sh` needs to form a `try.sh` file,
it now uses `try.sh.judging`.
Changed `bin/cvt-submission.sh` VERSION from "2.2.1 2025-06-29"
to "2.2.2 2025-06-30".
Modified `bin/cvt-submission.sh` to use `chkentry(1)` on
submissions that are about to be converted into an entry,
by using `-P` to ignore permissions. We also ignore any
`.DS_Store` files found as they will not be committed to
the repo (because of the top level `.gitignore` file).
Changed `bin/cvt-submission.sh` VERSION from "2.2.0 2025-06-29"
to "2.2.1 2025-06-29".
The `bin/cvt-submission.sh` tool no longer will remove selected files
when -n` is used.
The `bin/cvt-submission.sh` tool will not object if a `.gitignore` file
(put there by an IOCCC Judge) is found.
Changed `bin/cvt-submission.sh` VERSION from "2.1.0 2025-06-16"
to "2.2.0 2025-06-29".
The `bin/new-dir.sh` tool use of `sed(1)` to update the year level
Makefile has been fixed.
Changed `bin/new-dir.sh` VERSION from "2.0.2 2025-05-29"
to "2.0.3 2025-06-29".
Tested/testing using potential final round submissions.
We fix/improve the new_entry rule in `template/Makefile.year`
that is used by `bin/new-dir.sh`.
Changed `bin/new-dir.sh` VERSION from "2.0.1 2025-05-18"
to "2.0.2 2025-05-29".
Tested/testing using potential final round submissions.
Added `template/entry/Makefile.judging`, a Makefile that is
similar to `next/Makefile.example` except that it is
more suitable for IOCCC judging, especially during
the final rounds of judging.
Cody Boone Ferguson