Landon Curt Noll
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Move copyright notice to the end. Add a standard comment about the newly added `README.md` files. Clean up trailing whitespace. Fixed a few minor typos.
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1996 marked the "The Thirteenth International Obfuscated C Code Contest"
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Standard IOCCC stuff
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Look at the README.md file for the given winner for information
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on how to compile the winner and how to run the winning program.
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Look at the winning source and try to figure how it does what it does!
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You may then wish to look at the Author's comments for even more details.
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The IOCCC has an official home page:
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http://www.ioccc.org
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containing previous winning entries, information about the judges,
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announcements and much more.
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Use make to compile entries. It is possible that on BSD or non-unix
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systems the makefile needs to be changed. See the Makefile for details.
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Read over the makefile for compile/build issues. Your system may
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require certain changes (add or remove a library, add or remove a
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#define).
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Where are Larry Bassel and Barbara Frezza?
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It is not true that Larry Bassel avoided the 13th IOCCC on grounds of
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superstition! Larry (as well as Landon) is fond of prime numbers.
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Larry is so fond of prime numbers that he decided to become a graduate
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student in number theory at UC San Diego. For this reason Larry
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decided to sit out this year and plans to be back next year.
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Barbara Frezza also went to San Diego to enter into law school
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at the same time. Her cooking in the role of official chef was
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sorely missed. We look forward to her return to the contest
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next year as well.
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Both Larry and Barbara have taken important new steps in their
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lives as we wish them the best. When it is all over, Larry will
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be able to produce obfuscated mathematical proofs, and Barbara
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will be able de-obfuscate the many legal obfuscations. :-)
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Remarks on some of the entries
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This year, Jens Schweikhardt won 3 times ... a new IOCCC record.
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Meanwhile, Brian Westley came up with his 8th winning entry, twice the
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number of the next highest count. But with people like Schweikhardt
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around, this lead could fall fast.
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As we state in the guidelines, the names of the winners are as much
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news to us as they are to you because we keep authorship separate from
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rest of the entry. Some people have it, we guess!
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There were a few very good entries that might have won if it were not
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for the fact that they didn't work. If you didn't win, but think you
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had a chance: test your program, fix it and submit it next year!
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A few notes regarding future contests
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There is no 1997 contest.
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The next contest will not open until sometime in March 1998, and will
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close sometime around the end of May 1998. The rules for the 1998
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contest have not been formed at this time and are not expected to be
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ready for distribution until late February 1998.
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So what happened to 1997? Well the next USENIX Technical Conference
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will be held Jun 15-19, 1998 (in New Orleans, USA). The 18 month
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span between conferences will cause the IOCCC to skip over 1997.
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Be sure to wait until the 1998 rules are posted before submitting entries.
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Rules differ from year to year, sometimes in significant ways.
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Please send us comments and suggestions what we have expressed above.
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Also include anything else that you would like to see in future contests.
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Send such email to:
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judges@toad.com
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If you use, distribute or publish these entries in some way, please drop
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us a line. We enjoy seeing who, where and how the contest is used.
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If you have problems with any of the entries, AND YOU HAVE A FIX, please
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email the fix (patch file or the entire changed file) to the above address.
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=-=
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Copyright (c) 1997, Landon Curt Noll & Sriram Srinivasan.
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All Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, educational or non-profit use is
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granted provided this this copyright and notice are included in its entirety
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and remains unaltered. All other uses must receive prior permission in writing
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from Landon Curt Noll and Sriram Srinivasan.
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