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
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.
Added processing of "%%REPO_TOP_URL%%" tokens to `bin/subst.default.sh`.
Updated `find-missing-links.sh` to not falsely report missing links
when a "%%REPO_TOP_URL%%" token is used.
Changed `bin/subst.default.sh` VERSION from "1.3.2 2024-08-05"
to "1.4.0 2025-04-16".
Changed `bin/find-missing-links.sh` VERSION from "1.1.1 2024-04-28"
to "1.2.0 2025-04-16".
Due to a `pandoc(1)` bug fix, `2011/fredriksson/index.html` and
`2012/kang/index.html` were modified. The bug fix removed extraneous
whitespace that was previously introduced into HTML under certain
situations. These 2 changes do **NOT** impact the way web browsers
render these pages, however.
Updated sitemap.
Updated tarballs based on entry mods since 2025 March 4
(commit 233e5e90a5 just prior
to the IOCCC28 open).
Tested the above via `make update` on macOS.
Add news of the mkiocccentry toolkit version 2.4.4 2025-03-15.
Note that C is the official locale of the IOCCC in the IOCCC guidelines
version 28.47 2025-03-15.
New FAQ on what the minimum versions are (this should be updated every
contest or updated to refer to the result of the issue I opened at the
other repo - post IOCCC28) for each tool.
Added details about the new (soon to be released) version of the tools
that now search under $PATH.
This commit updated the FAQ, the guidelines and the quick start guide.
As a reminder you do NOT need to use the upcoming release of the tools
and not doing so will not invalidate any of your submissions as it is
based on a minimum version, not an exact version.
The new options to mkiocccentry are -x to delete the submission
directory if if it already exists and the -u uuidfile and -U uuidstr
options.
NOTE: it is NOT required to update the tools for this IOCCC and you do
NOT have to read the updated guidelines to follow the guidelines for
this IOCCC.
Renamed some FAQs (typos and/or other things).
Fix a number of typos in various files (including markdown format
errors).
Rules and guidelines should be relatively good although as there is a
lot to get through and not much time left maybe I missed something (I
also kind of cheated doing the final checks with the guidelines rather
than going through them all again).
The next/try.sh and next/try.alt.sh scripts have had updates as well and
the next/Makefile.example was modified too.
The index.html page now has an anchor for goals of the contest so that
the goals in the rules could simply link to it in index.html.
Although some text had to be added (and some corrected) a reasonable
amount of text was also removed as it was elsewhere or was extraneous in
some way.
In order simplify the write-up of the actual Rule 17
into a new FAQ 1.8. The somewhat shorted Rule 17 text
now refers to checks performed by tools, encourages
their use, discourages their misuse (overriding limits),
and is easier to read: we think.
This addresses most (if not all) of the recent changes to chkentry(1)
though a more thorough check will be made later after the mkiocccentry
code freeze.
The IOCCC28 will now open on **2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC**
and enter the judging state on **2025-06-05 04:03:02.010099 UTC**.
Updated sitemap, added news for 2025-02-12, and updated the status.
Performed `make www gen_status gen_sitemap timestamp` on macOS to complete the above.
The FAQ stated (due to a mistake in the issue in the mkiocccentry repo)
that the submission directory (under workdir) has the timestamp in it
but that is not true. Instead the tarball filename has the timestamp.
Typo fix in guidelines.
It is highly recommended that you run the tool from either the repo
directory itself (making sure you have the most up to date version of
course) or make sure you have installed it (also making sure you have
the most recent version). Not doing this will cause issues with checks
and in the case of out of date versions the submission would be rejected
due to violating rule 17. One can specify the options to mkiocccentry
for the tools required but if you forget or don't have the most up to
date version you will very likely run into problems.
Rule 17 mandates specific file permissions for files/directories in
submission tarballs but the documentation did not state this. More work
might need to be done here but it should be better now.
The new syntax (though not all functionality is yet finished) of
mkiocccentry does not match what was in the FAQ, guidelines and rules.
Also added an important reminder to use v7 format with tarballs as not
doing so can reveal who you are which would break the rules. This is
mentioned in the rules and guidelines, showing how to create such a
tarball.
More work does have to be done with these two things however.
The IOCCC now has a [Discord server](https://discord.gg/2hVYnv83DD)!
Click the link to join the [IOCCC Discord server](https://discord.gg/2hVYnv83DD).
Fans of the IOCCC, hopeful **IOCCC28** contestants, and past winners of the IOCCC
are all encouraged to stop by and say hello.
Based on user input and suggestions, we have been working on some new
functionality for the [mkiocccentry tool set](faq.html#mkiocccentry).
In order to complete and fully test this new functionality, we need
additional time. Therefore the **IOCCC28 open** date as been **moved
forward for 19 days**. Moreover, and also by request, the contest will
remain **open for an additional month**.
The [40th anniversary of the IOCCC](faq.html#ioccc_start), which started
on **2024-12-29 23:58:13.213455 UTC**, is now scheduled to be **open**
from **2025-02-19 23:19:17.130705 UTC** to **2025-05-19 23:29:31.374143
UTC**. We will update the [IOCCC rules](next/rules.html) and
[IOCCC guidelines](next/guidelines.html) accordingly, before the contest opens.
This includes typos, fixing terms (according to the new terminology used
by the IOCCC) and various other types of fixes.
Although I have gone through the entire file more does need to be done
to make sure it all reads okay and that all links are correct.
Reworded some things.
Brought up how the IOCCC has moved away from spoilers.
As part of the section on the Makefile I have additionally added to the
Makefile.example a 'try.alt' rule in the case of someone having
alternate code. It is not required, of course.
The FAQ, guidelines and rules have been updated to reflect recent
discussions and modifications to the maximum number of files.
A new FAQ entry has been added. The guidelines talk about including
extra tarballs and rule 17 has been updated as well. Some of this was
copied directly from discussion with Landon.
Some minor other fixes were made in the guidelines and rules (mostly
wording).
This includes the include files inc/guidelines.pending.hdr and
inc/rules.pending.hdr.
Rebuilt html files as well.
This does not include the other pending fixes and it does not include
the updates about mkiocccentry now allowing subdirectories. That'll come
in another commit either later today or if not then hopefully this
weekend.
The status showed 'The IOCCC is not yet open' to indicate it is in
pending status. But it would be better to match the actual status
itself especially as the status.html file explains pending status, not
'not yet open'. At a quick glance it is easy to miss especially for
those of us who have worked on the repo for a long time and in
particular those who worked on the status.html file a lot.
This updated files in inc/, bin/ and next/ but I cheated and used sgit
to do this. I then rebuilt the html files. A previous minor grammar
problem in rules was fixed as well.
Fixed link in `inc/guidelines.pending.hdr`.
Improved link in `inc/rules.open.hdr`.
Updated timestamps and sitemap with `make gen_status gen_sitemap timestamp`.
Changed `bin/status2html.sh` VERSION from "1.4.3 2024-08-05"
to "1.4.4 2024-12-29".
Performed `make quick_www` on macOS to complete the above.
We set dates and times for when IOCCC28 will go into pending state,
open state, and judging state. These dates are subject to change until
the content enters the open state.
Modified both `next/guidelines.md` and `next/rules.md` as per the
IOCCC28 dates and times.
Improve the `next/guidelines.md` and `next/rules.md` text around IOCCC28 dates and times.
We processed the XXX's in markdown files that needed processing.
Fixed a minor typo in `bin/cvt-submission.sh`.
Made some minor formatting improvements to `faq.md`, `next/register.md`,
`next/rules.md`, `next/guidelines.md`, `README.md` and `index.md`.
Updated "Rule 3" in `next/rules.md` in regards to the above.
Updated "Rule 8" in `next/rules.md` in regards to the above.
Changed `faq.md` version from **28.1.8 2024-12-07**
to **28.2.0 2024-12-28**.
Changed `next/guidelines.md` version from **28.29 2024-12-27**
to **28.30 2024-12-28**.
Changed `next/rules.md` version from **28.14 2024-12-07**
to **28.15 2024-12-28**.
TODO: Review these changes.
Landon Curt Noll