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.
Nineteenth 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 website 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.
This year we included most of the information included by the submitters
in the README.md files (that were used to build the index.html web pages).
Read over the Makefile for compile/build issues. Your system may require
certain changes (add or remove a library, add or remove a #define).
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:
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depended too much on non-portable side effects in expressions;
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depended too much on a particular byte order;
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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 (retro) obfuscation. But don't ignore the other entries! There are games, puzzles, puzzle solvers, simulators, emulators, calculators and graphical and audio tools.
This year a single person won three awards and another two awards! Many authors won for the first time this year. (Please note that judging is done completely anonymously. Be warned that we may disqualify entries that reveal the identity of the submitter).
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 additional information on the IOCCC.