Landon Curt Noll
518a6336d0
By changing the _inventory_order_ of the compressed tarball from
**100000** to **1415926535**, the compressed tarball will land at
the top of the secondary file list and remain still easy to find.
Updated the `manifest.numbers` spreadsheet and rebuilt
the `.entry.json` files.
Added `next/` directory to hold the next IOCCC rules and guidelines.
Added `next/README.md` that `bin/gen-top-html.sh` uses to form
the `next/index.html` file.
Added _Rules and Guidelines_ link to the sidenav bar to link to the
`next/index.html` file.
Added _IOCCC Rules_ as `next/rules.md` that `bin/gen-top-html.sh`
uses to form the `next/rules.html` file.
Added _IOCCC Guidelines_ as `next/guidelines.md` that `bin/gen-top-html.sh`
uses to form the `next/guidelines.html` file.
Changed `bin/gen-top-html.sh` VERSION from "1.2.4 2024-04-13"
to "1.3 2024-04-14".
Prevent `pandoc(1)` from interpreting the commented out language
of a markdown code block as a code class. So a markdown such as:
````
``` <!---sh-->
...
```
````
that produced HTML of the form:
```html
<pre class="<!---sh-->"><code>...</code></pre>
```
will now produce HTML of the form:
```html
<pre><code>...</code></pre>
```
NOTE: Before when the language of a markdown code block
was not commented, the HTML produced by `pandoc(1)` was
oddly indented with extra whitespace on the first line
of the code block. While commenting out the language
of the code block removed some of the odd intending,
it left a weird class in the HTML pre block that
surrounded the HTML code block. This hack prevents
`pandoc(1)` from assigning a class to the HTML pre block.
Changed `in/md2html.sh` VERSION from "1.2.1 2024-04-13"
to "1.3 2024-04-14".
Added `make gen_sitemap` to end of both `make www` and `make
quick_www` in top level Makefile.
Ram `make www` to test under macOS and to perform the above.
**IMPORTANT NOTE**: The current `next/rules.md` and `next/guidelines.md`
are simply the 2020 IOCCC Rules and Guidelines converted into
markdown form. There are **NOT** the Rules and Guidelines that
will be used the IOCCC MOCK, nor the next IOCCC.
TODO: Improve the `bin/gen-status.sh` tool to modify the top of the
`next/rules.md` and `next/guidelines.md` files to keep them
in sync with the _contest_status_ as found in `status.json`.
TODO: Improve the look and feel of the `next/rules.md` and
`next/guidelines.md` markdown files.
Sixteenth International Obfuscated C Code Contest
Standard IOCCC stuff
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.
The IOCCC has a web site and now has a number of international mirrors. The primary site can be found at www.ioccc.org.
Use make to compile entries. It is possible that on non-Unix / non-Linux
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 i.e. the -D flag).
Some ANSI C compilers are not quite as good as they should be. If yours is lacking, you may need to compile using gcc instead of your local compiler.
Remarks on some of the entries
There were some outstanding entries that did not win. Unfortunately some very good entries lost because they:
- depended too much on non-portable side effects in expressions;
- depended too much on a particular byte order;
- required the use of a special script, data file or pseudo-machine language that was not supplied with the entry.
We hope the authors of some of those entries will fix and re-submit them for the next IOCCC.
We believe you will be impressed with this year's winning entries The Best of Show is a fine example of obfuscation. But don't ignore the other entries! There are games, programs that speak, ones that compile code and one that might run binaries you already have.
The Best/Worst Abuse of the Rules is technically allowed by the rules. This year we awarded it again, but don't assume you can get away with using the same technique next time ... :-)
This year there were several repeat authors. This is understating the achievement a little - one person has won 8 times before! (Please note that judging is done completely anonymously.)
Why has it taken so long to post the winning source?
This is somewhat my (Simon Cooper's) fault. I do apologize to the IOCCC community for this! Judging does take quite a lot of time, and I over-committed myself several times this year. Without divulging too much, we do look at and work out what every entry does.
Final Comments
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:
questions@ioccc.org
IMPORTANT NOTE: The email addresses found above are for historical purposes only, and should not be used today. 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 additional information on the IOCCC.