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- WARNING: The rules and mailing address for the contest change from year
- to year. Be sure that you consult the current set of rules
- before submitting entries.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 4th International Obfuscated C Code Contest Rules
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards
- Keywords: rules,1987,obfuscate,contest
-
- GOALS OF THE CONTEST:
-
- * To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C program under the rules below.
- * To show what should NOT be done in C programs.
- * To provide a safe forum for poor C code. :-)
-
- RULES:
- 1) The source must be 1024 characters long or less. NO EXCEPTIONS!
-
- 2) To help us process your entries, we ask that you submit entries
- in the following format: (please include the --- lines)
-
- ---start of header items---
- name:
- org:
- email address:
- postal address:
- environment:
- remarks:
- ---start of entry---
- X <place obfuscated source of 1024 characters or less here>
- X <add a leading X to each line to avoid problems with mailers>
- X <leading X's do not count toward the source character count>
- X <the first X of each source line will be removed prior to compilation>
- X <newlines count as 1 character>
- X <assume a standard 8 character tab stop>
- ---end of entry---
-
- 3) Regarding the header items:
-
- * All header items except 'remark' are optional. If you do not
- wish to answer an item, indicate so by the string: ***NONE***
- Any text outside of the above format will be kept confidential.
-
- * You can remain anonymous. If the name item is: ***ANONYMOUS***
- all items except the 'remarks' item will not be relased.
-
- * Indicate the name of your Company or School in the 'org' item.
-
- * The 'email address' item asks for a network path from a major
- site (such as amdahl) to your mailbox.
-
- * If you give a 'postal address', please include your Country.
-
- * Give the machine and operating system (i.e., Un*x version) on
- which your program ran.
-
- * The 'remarks' item is not optional. Please indicate:
- - how to execute or compile if something special is required
- - type of input or argument needed, if applicable
- - what this program does
- - any other remarks you wish to make
-
- * If you need more than one line on a header item, place
- tab or space characters at the beginning of each additional line.
-
- 4) The entry should be written in a common C. (K&R + common extensions)
-
- 5) The program must be of original work. All programs must be
- in the public domain. All copyrighted programs will be rejected.
-
- 6) Entries must be received before 30-May-87 0:00 GMT.
- Email your entries to:
-
- ...!amdahl!obfuscate
-
- Amdahl talks to hplabs, decwrl, pyramid, seismo and cbosgd.
- We will attempt to Email a confirmation of receipt of contest
- entries, however since Email is not reliable you may not receive it.
- People are encouraged to submit entries via Email, however
- one may mail entries the following postal address:
-
- Landon Curt Noll
- Amdahl Corp.
- 1250 E. Arques Ave. M/S 316
- P.O. Box 3470
- Sunnyvale, CA
- 94088-3470
- U.S.A.
-
- Write the words: "International Obfuscated C Code Contest" near the
- bottom left corner of the envelope.
-
- 8) Contest entries sent in by post should indicate where TAB characters
- are to be placed, otherwise space characters will be assumed. Each
- line will be assumed to contain a newline character. The leading
- 'X' will serve to indicate where each source line starts.
-
- 9) Each person may submit up to 5 entries. Multiple entries must
- be sent in separate Email letters or postal envelopes.
-
- 10) People are encouraged to examine winners of the previous
- contests. A copy of these entries was posted to mod.sources
- on or about 12-Mar-87. Contact the mod.sources moderator
- if you missed that article. Keep in mind that rules change from
- year to year, so some winning entries may not be valid
- entries this year. Also what was unique and novel one
- year can get 'old' the next year.
-
-
- ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS:
-
- * First announcement will be at the Summer 87 Usenix BOF.
-
- * An announcement will be posted to mod.announce near
- mid June 1987 stating to which newsgroup the winners
- have been posted.
-
- * An article containing the winning entries will be published
- in a future issue of the "Micro/Systems Journal".
-
- * Winners receive international fame and flames! :-)
-
-
- JUDGING:
- Awards will be given to the best entry in a number of categories.
- The actual category list will vary depending on the types of entries
- we receive. At the moment, we are considering using the following:
-
- * The best small one line program
- * The most obscure algorithm
- * The worst abuse of the C preprocessor (note warnings below)
- * The strangest source layout
- * The most useful obfuscated program
- * <anything else so strange that it deserves an award>
-
- Extra points will be given for programs which:
-
- * pass lint without complaint
- * do something quasi-interesting
- * are portable
- * are unique in their obfuscation style
- * are concise
-
- Points will be taken away for programs that:
-
- * are very hardware or Un*x version specific
- * dump core or have compiler warnings
- (we won't take points away if you warn us in the remark item)
- * fail to compile
- * obfuscate only by overuse of #defines
- (you should do this ONLY if your use is unusual)
- * are similar to previous winners
- * are similar to previous losers :-)
-
- The Judging will be done by Landon Noll and Larry Bassel.
- Comments & questions (not entries) about the contest can be Emailed to:
-
- ...!amdahl!judges
-
- chongo <Landon Curt Noll> /\cc/\
- Larry Bassel
-