View the index.html
web page for the given winning entry for information on how
on how to compile the entry 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.
The IOCCC has a web site and now has a number of international mirrors. The primary site can be found at https://www.ioccc.org/.
Use make(1)
to compile entries. It is possible that on non-Unix / non-Linux
systems the Makefile
needs to be changed. See the Makefile
for details.
Read over the Makefile
for compile/build issues. Your system may
require certain changes (add or remove a library, add or remove a
#define
).
Some ANSI C compilers are not quite as good as they should be. If
yours is lacking, you may need to compile using gcc
instead of your
local compiler.
We believe you will be impressed with this year’s winning entries. The Best of Show is a fine example of obfuscation. But don’t ignore the other entries! There are games, utilities, programs that output images and a one-liner that is incredibly compact for what it can do.
The Best Abuse of the Guidelines is technically allowed by the rules. This year we allowed it due to the functionality of the program. This entry is one of the easiest to read! Don’t assume you can win using similar techniques next time … :-)
This year a single person won two awards! We also had repeat authors with their 6th, 4th and 2nd winning entries this year! (Please note that judging is done completely anonymously. Be warned that we may disqualify entries that reveal the identity of the submitter.)
There were some outstanding entries that did not win. Unfortunately some very good entries lost because they:
We hope the authors of some of those entries will fix and re-submit them for the next IOCCC.
IMPORTANT NOTE: See contact.html for up to date contact details as well as details on how to provide fixes to any of the entries. See also the IOCCC FAQ for addition information on the IOCCC.
Download IOCCC 2004 entry source
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