Cody Boone Ferguson
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This is not only to help with formatting - especially important in markdown files - but it's no longer really necessary to do it. One might not feel the need to do it in non-markdown files but I did it anyway to be consistent. Thus instead of showing Un*x/UN*X it shows Unix/UNIX. A question of whether or not it should all be the same case is another thing entirely but if this is desired at some point it should be easy to do anyway - with some care in case it's in formatted text. A note about the glob: why '.' when there are C files and other file types where it could be dangerous to modify? Because I did a git grep first so I knew that it was safe.
1989 marked the "The Sixth International Obfuscated C Code Contest"
Look at the README.md file for the given winning entry for information 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.
Instructions for use: Run make to compile entries (it is possible that on
System V or non-Unix systems the Makefile needs to be changed).
This year, the Grand Prize was given to the most useful program.
The "Strangest abuse of the rules" award was given this year to stress the fact that starting in 1990, compiling entries must result an executable regular file.
The Makefile always uses the portable version of the "Best self modifying program" because there is no loss of functionality in using it. In the case of the "Best game" winner, however, some functionality is lost in the portable version and so the Makefile uses the original program. System V users may need to change the Makefile to use the s5 version. See the hint files or the Makefile for details.
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. The 1989 winners will be published in the Micro/Systems Journal.
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Copyright (c) 1989, Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel. All Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, educational or non-profit use is granted provided this this copyright and notice are included in its entirety and remains unaltered. All other uses must receive prior permission in writing from both Landon Curt Noll and Larry Bassel.