Landon Curt Noll
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The commit a1c86c8a7a modified
the navigation bars to include "Original C", so all tarballs
had be update, sorry (tm Canada 🇨🇦). In particular:
The navigation bar for a winning entry now has a "_Original C_" link
(between the ✅ and the Inventory on the right hand side) so that one
may easily view the original C code that was submitted for IOCCC judging.
In addition, a number of other commits since that time
modified other winning entries.
Ran `make update` to perform the above.
To build:
make
To use:
./prog
Try:
./try.sh
NOTE: to interrupt the loops send intr (typically ctrl-C).
Judges' remarks:
And now for something completely different: A program whose metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians. It has kicked the bucket and departed to that mysterious country from whose bourne no traveller returns! This is an EX-tremely obfuscated program!
Author's remarks:
A high-context work that combines parrots that new hackers like and parrots that old hackers like. One is an internet meme called Party Parrot (WARNING: has flashing lights). The other is a sketch comté called "Dead Parrot" from the British sitcom "Monty Python's Flying Circus" The "Python" in the award name refers to Monty Python, not the [programming language Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language) (the name of the programming language Python is derived from Monty Python).
The shape of prog.c is "Undead Parrot" based on "dead parrot". The
message that appears in the bottom line of the output source code is the subject
of the dialogue that appears in "Dead Parrot" and explains in various
expressions that the parrot died. Also, the second __<-_Source_of_Parrots__
line from the bottom of http://cultofthepartyparrot.com/ (WARNING: has
flashing lights) has a hidden URL (hidden by the parrot's body).
Although it is a boring Quine story, it is quite difficult to have 10 parrot pictures and 10 lines of data. Only the outline data of the parrot picture is saved, and the body is filled in at runtime. These data are probably compressed with byte pair encoding.
The parrot ASCII art below is the opening line of the Monty Python show. The judge's comment "And now for something completely different" is also used in the opening.
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/ \/ |.:.:.:| \/ |
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/ |.:.:.:| | ___-----___
| |.:.:| | / \
| |:.:.| | < It's ... |
\ |:.| | \ /
\ || | ---_____---
_--\ |
_- -__ |
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