Landon Curt Noll
1979ea0280
Fixed links to year level compressed tarballs. Added an "Inventory" of year-level compressed tarballs to the generated `years.html` web page. In `bin/gen-years.sh` changed VERSION from "1.0.3 2024-03-26" to "1.1 2024-03-30". In `bin/output-year-index.sh` changed VERSION from "1.1.2 2024-03-26" to "1.2 2024-03-30". Added `inc/topnav.empty.html` for an empty narrow topnav bar. Changed references from "topnav=." to "topnav=empty" in `inc/md2html.cfg`. Removed top level `ioccc.tar.bz2` compressed tarball. NOTE: Sorry (tm Canada 🇨🇦) to remove the top level `ioccc.tar.bz2` file. We will look into [Git Large File Storage [Git-LFS](https://git-lfs.com/). If Git-LFS works well and does not have undesirable side effects, we will consider restoring `ioccc.tar.bz2`. Removed top level Makefile rules for "untar_all_tarball" and "form_all_tarball". Removed `bin/tar-all.sh`. Added `make gen_status` to `make quick_www` and `make www` in the top level `Makefile`. Ran `make www` to perform the above and test under macOS.
Sixth International Obfuscated C Code Contest
View the index.html web page for the given winning entry for information on how
on how to compile it and how to run the winning program.
Look at the winning source and try to figure how it does what it does!
You may then wish to look at the Author's remarks for even more details.
Instructions for use: Run make to compile entries (it is possible that on
System V or non-Unix systems the Makefile needs to be changed).
This year, the Grand Prize was given to the most useful program.
The "Strangest abuse of the rules" award was given this year to stress the fact that starting in 1990, compiling entries must result a regular executable file.
The Makefile always uses the portable version of the "Best self modifying program" because there is no loss of functionality in using it. In the case of the "Best game" entry, however, some functionality is lost in the portable version and so the Makefile uses the original program.
Rules and results were posted to comp.lang.c, comp.sources.unix, and alt.sources. They have been made available on a wide number of USENET archive sites such as uunet. The 1989 winning entries will be published in the Micro/Systems Journal.
Final Comments
IMPORTANT NOTE: See contact.html for up to date contact details as well as details on how to provide fixes to any of the entries. See also the IOCCC FAQ for addition information on the IOCCC.