# %%OUTPUT_ENGLISH_ORDINAL%% International Obfuscated C Code Contest


## Where to start

See below for links to the [%%YEAR%% winning IOCCC entries](#inventory).

Check out the `index.html` web pages for each winning entry.  They have
most of the information you need to compile and run the winning program.
Take a look at the winning source code and try to figure out how it works.
You might also want to check out the author’s remarks for even more details.

You may [download all winning entries](%%YEAR%%.tar.bz2) in the form
of a compressed tarball, for this year's contest.


## General remarks on this contest

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### Rules and Guidelines for this contest

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* [%%YEAR%% rules](rules.html) version **XXX**
* [%%YEAR%% guidelines](guidelines.html) version **XXX**


### Looking forward to the next contest

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## Remarks on some of the winning entries

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### Remarks on some of submissions that did not win

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### Encouragement for those who did not win this year

We know many of you that submitted to the IOCCC put in a ton of effort
into your submissions for this year’s IOCCC.  We can’t just give out
awards to everyone.  That would mean taking away from the submissions
that we think are the best and deserve to win.

Sometimes, a final round submission might be good enough to be a
winning IOCCC entry, only to be beaten by a similar, but slightly better
submission.  If you think this happened with your submission, consider
submitting an enhanced version to the next IOCCC.

**PLEASE DO NOT** give up hope! There are some submissions that have been
submitted with revisions, multiple times before rising to the level of
a winning IOCCC entry.  You might also want to try with a different type
of submission altogether for the next IOCCC.

If you’re not planning to improve and resubmit your non-winning entry
for the next IOCCC, you’re welcome to publish it.


## On Compiling and running winning entries

Some C compilers aren’t as great as they could be. If yours isn’t
working well, you might want to try compiling with an updated version
of clang and/or gcc instead.

If you encounter problems in compiling and/or running the winning entries, see the FAQ on:

* [Compiling IOCCC entries](../faq.html#compiling)
* [IOCCC entry dependencies](../faq.html#dependencies)
* [Problems compiling entries](../faq.html#compile_problems)
* [Running IOCCC entries](../faq.html#running_entries)

For additional information on how to submit fixes, see the FAQ on:

* [How to submit a fix](../faq.html#fix_an_entry) - how to submit a fix to an entry
* [Update author information](../faq.html#fix_author) - how to correct or update an IOCCC author’s information


### For even more information

* [Reporting an IOCCC website problem](../faq.html#report_website_problem)
* [Submitting a fix to the IOCCC website](../faq.html#fix_website)
* [How to contact the IOCCC](../contact.html) - up to date contact details
* [IOCCC FAQ](../faq.html) - additional information on the IOCCC
* [www.ioccc.org](https://www.ioccc.org) - the primary IOCCC website


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