Cody Boone Ferguson
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This included adding the 'a.out.h' as not all systems have it and also I wanted it as close to the original as possible so I got a copy (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/Research-Release/usr/include/a.out.h) from the fabulous Unix History repo (https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo) which I highly recommend anyone interested in the evolution of Unix to check out! ... and yes: the repo is under the account of Diomidis Spinellis who is a previous IOCCC winner! To generate the tool run `make gentab'. Note that keeping the short ints short generates a lot of negative numbers but this might or might not be a problem: the original mullender.c has a negative number for instance. Updated .gitignore and README.md files.
First Obfuscated C Code Contest
In 1984, the first contest was held. The name of the contest was simply
"Obfuscated C Code Contest".
Look at the README.mdfile for the given winner for information on how to
compile the entry and how to run the winning program. Look at the winning
source and try to figure how it does what it does! This year we only had
remarks from two authors but which came years later.
Restrictions against machine dependent code were not in the rules in 1984. The source file size restriction was only 512 bytes. Rules and results were posted to net.lang.c and net.unix-wizards. The contest was announced in a net.lang.c post.
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Copyright (c) 1984, Landon Curt Noll. All Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, educational or non-profit use is granted provided this this copyright and notice are included in its entirety and remains unaltered. All other uses must receive prior permission in writing from both Landon Curt Noll and Larry Bassel.