Cody Boone Ferguson
fd9b44ef76
I noted in bugs.md that there is a bug that remains and I noted the bug in the README.md too (under the to run section) as it seems like it should be noted (sometimes the program needs you to press return to continue solving the maze).
1995 marked the "The Twelfth International Obfuscated C Code Contest"
Look at the README.md file for the given winner for information on how to compile the winner 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 comments for even more details.
The IOCCC has an official home page:
http://www.ioccc.org
containing previous winning entries, information about the judges, announcements and much more.
Use make to compile entries. It is possible that on BSD or non-unix systems the makefile needs to be changed. See the Makefile for details.
Read over the makefile for compile/build issues. Your system may require certain changes (add or remove a library, add or remove a #define).
This year Sriram Srinivasan joined the judging.
The moderator of comp.unix.wizards did not feel that the IOCCC was "wizardly" enough to be posted to comp.unix.wizards - we will no longer post the winners to this newsgroup - we'll let you the reader decide for yourself the wizardlyness of these entries.
This year there were several people who won more than once and several previous winners who won this year. The judging was done without knowledge of the names of the submitters - multiple winners were a coincidence. Since we tend to discount entries that are similar to previous winners, these people have had to come with original ideas to stay in the winners circle.
We wish to thank CAIP at Rutgers University for the use of their machines.
A few notes regarding future contests
Due to changes in the Usenix conference calendar, the 1996 contest will be delayed. Because there will be no Summer 1996 Usenix conference, the 1996 IOCCC winners will be announced at the Jan 1997 Usenix conference.
The 1996 contest will not open until sometime in October 1996, and will close sometime around the end of December 1996. The rules for the 1996 contest have not been formed at this time and are not expected to be ready for distribution until late September 1996.
Be sure to wait until the 1996 rules are posted before submitting entries. Rules differ from year to year, sometimes in significant ways.
Please send us comments and suggestions what we have expressed above. Also include anything else that you would like to see in future contests. Send such email to:
...!{sun,pacbell,uunet,pyramid}!hoptoad!judges
judges@toad.com
If you use, distribute or publish these entries in some way, please drop us a line. We enjoy seeing who, where and how the contest is used.
If you have problems with any of the entries, AND YOU HAVE A FIX, please email the fix (patch file or the entire changed file) to the above address.
Credits
We would like to thank Barbara Frezza for her role as official chef of the contest. Landon Noll, Larry Bassel and Sriram Srinivasan appreciated the opportunity to serve as official taste testers. And as usual, the food was excellent. The official menus of the 1995 Obfuscated C Contest dinners were:
Session One:
Antipasti: Crudites, olive selection, pickles, cheese selection Soup: Homemade mushroom and green onion soup Salad: artichoke, red bell peppers, Italian onions, cucumbers and Greek olives with mustard vinaigrette Main Course: Pizzas, with a variety of toppings Dessert: Chocolate torte
Session Two:
Antipasti: crudites, olives, roasted red peppers, cheese selection Salad: Mixed greens with vinaigrette Main Course: Spaghetti with tomato sauce containing mushrooms and black olives selection of hot and mild Italian sausages Bread: Fresh French bread Dessert: Cookie selection, featuring chocolate chocolate chip cookies and chocolate butter cookies
Session Three
Antipasti: Crudites, olive selection Salad: Mixed greens with mustard vinaigrette Main Course: Broiled salmon with lemmon pepper mayonnaise, chard, mixture of white and wild rices Bread: Cheese bread with herbs Dessert: Chocolate cheesecake (Coutesy of Elizabeth Watson)
Session Four:
Antipasti: Crudites, olive selection, roasted red peppers, cheese selection Bread: Sourdough Salad: Mixed spring greens with flowers, and mustard vinaigrette Main Course: Surf and Turf--Grilled steaks of salmon and New York steak grilled vegetables--onions, peppers, portobello mushrooms wild rice Dessert: Chocolate mousse
Session Five:
Antipasti: Crudites, olive selection, pickles Salad: Mixed spring greens with mustard vinaigrette Main Course: Linguini with a cream sauce of Shiitaki mushrooms and smoked salmon Bread: Garlic bread Dessert: Flourless chocolate torte
Session Six:
Antipasti: Carrot and celery sticks with cheese spread, olive selection, pickles Bread: Focaccia with black olives and mozzarella cheeses Salad: Mixed spring greens with flowers and mustard vinaigrette Soup: Homemade butternut squash soup with mushrooms Main Course: Cracked dungeness crab with lemon mayonnaise, broccoli, mixture of white and brown rice Dessert: Key lime pie
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