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- [programming](programming.md) - [programming](programming.md)
- [games](game.md) - [games](game.md)
- [open consoles](open_console.md) - [open consoles](open_console.md)
- [obfuscating C](ioccc.md)
- hanging around with friends on the [Island](island.md) - hanging around with friends on the [Island](island.md)
- laughing at normies dealing with [bloat](bloat.md) - laughing at normies dealing with [bloat](bloat.md)

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# International Obfuscated C Code Contest # International Obfuscated C Code Contest
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC for short) is an annual online contest in making the most creatively [obfuscated](obfuscation.md) programs in [C](c.md). It's kind of a "just for [fun](fun.md)" thing but similarly to [esoteric languages](esolang.md) there's an element of art and clever hacking that carries a great value. While the [productivity freaks](productivity_cult.md) will argue this is just a waste of time, the true programmer appreciates the depth of knowledge and creative thinking needed to develop a beautifully obfuscated programs. The International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC for short) is an annual online contest in making the most creatively [obfuscated](obfuscation.md) programs in [C](c.md). It's kind of a "just for [fun](fun.md)" thing but similarly to [esoteric languages](esolang.md) there's an element of art and clever hacking that carries a great value. While the [productivity freaks](productivity_cult.md) will argue this is just a waste of time, the true programmer appreciates the depth of knowledge and creative thinking needed to develop a beautifully obfuscated programs. The contest runs since 1984 and was started by Landon Curt Noll and Larry Bassel.
The contest runs since 1984 and was started by Landon Curt Noll and Larry Bassel. Unfortunately some [shit](shit.md) is flying around IOCCC too, for example confusing licensing -- having a [CC-BY-SA](cc_by_sa.md) license in website footer and explicitly prohibiting commercial use in the text, WTF? Also the team started to use [Microshit](microsoft.md)'s [GitHub](github.md). They also allow latest [capitalist](capitalist_software.md) C standards, but hey, this is a contest focused on ugly C, so perhaps it makes sense.
Hacking the rules of the contest is also encouraged and there is an extra award for "worst abuse of the rules". Hacking the rules of the contest is also encouraged and there is an extra award for "worst abuse of the rules".
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- misleading identifiers and comments - misleading identifiers and comments
- extreme [macro](macro.md) and [preprocessor](preprocessor.md) abuse - extreme [macro](macro.md) and [preprocessor](preprocessor.md) abuse
- abuse of compiler flags - abuse of compiler flags
- weird things like the main function [recursion](recursion.md) - different behavior under different C standards
- doing simple things the hard way, e.g. by avoiding loops
- including weird files like `/dev/tty` or recursively including itself
- [code golfing](code_golf.md)
- weird stuff like the main function [recursion](recursion.md) or even using it as a signal handler :)
And let us also mention a few winning entries:
- program whose source code is taken from its file name (using `__FILE__`)
- [ray tracer](ray_tracing.md) in < 30 LOC formatted as ASCII art
- operating system with multi-tasking, GUI and filesystem support
- neural [machine learning](machine_learning.md) on text in < 4KB
- program printing "hello world" with error messages during compilation
- [X11](x11.md) Minecraft-like game
- [web browser](web_browser.md)
- self-replicating programs

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- [esoteric languages](esolang.md) - [esoteric languages](esolang.md)
- [open consoles](open_console.md) - [open consoles](open_console.md)
- [brain software](brain_software.md) - [brain software](brain_software.md)
- [C obfuscation contest](ioccc.md)
- [shit](shit.md) - [shit](shit.md)