Cody Boone Ferguson
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A lot of the award titles that had more than one word capitalised were changed to just one word capitalised, the first. Some were changed to have multiple words capitalised. This happened when it was something like '... prize' or '... award'. An exception to this is 2020/ferguson1: 'Don't tread on me award'. This is because I am not quite sure if I like 'Don't Tread On Me Award' or if it should be 'Don't Tread on Me Award' (probably not that). For some like 'Grand Prize' or 'Bill Gates Award' it's simple but I'm not so sure for my Snake entry of 2020. I will try changing it and comparing it side-by-side to see which looks nicest. This commit should make it easier to update the form of the award titles in that they should all be consistent (or more consistent if not completely) though it should be noted that the macOS Numbers application (spreadsheet) is case-insensitive. A reason I did not change 'Don't tread on me award' to 'Don't Tread On Me Award', yet, besides the above reasons, is that it's a longer title and I am not sure how I like that many words capitalised. Still it's a title of a slogan/whatever so it might be better that way. This will be determined in the near future. The tmp/year_prize.numbers had the text size increased a fair bit as the default is too small for my pitiful vision (I changed it within reason as it can become harder in another way if it's too big - 16" MacBook Pro screen). One of the columns was also widened as it was too short even for the smaller size.
Seventh International Obfuscated C Code Contest
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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.
This year, the Grand Prize won a standing ovation at USENIX.
The "Strangest abuse of the rules" award was given this year to stress the fact that starting in 1991, entries should be shell-specific.
This year was the first year that we accepted ANSI C entries. It was interesting to note that the ANSI C entries were as a whole less portable than the K&R C entries. We hope that in future contests people will enter more obfuscated and challenging ANSI C programs.
We would like to thank Barbara Frezza (loving wife of Larry Bassel) for her role as official chef of the contest. Her opinions regarding some of the contest entries were appreciated.
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.
Final Comments
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