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Goals of the Contest

• Obfuscate: tr.v. -cated, -cating, -cates.
  1. 1. To render obscure.
     2. 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
     
  
  
• The IOCCC:
  • To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C program within the rules.
  • 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. :-)

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