21st IOCCC Source Code Released 24
First time accepted submitter johntromp writes "Source code for the 21st International Obfuscated C Code Contest was released last weekend, following announcement of the winners on Sep 30, and just over a month after the submission window closed on Sep 14, a new speed record for the judges. Happy source code browsing!"
Re:First impressions (Score:1, Insightful)
When you said: "I've only glanced at the files, and I'm far too amateur to understand them" you should have stopped right there. The fact that you don't understand then should have been your clue that your so-called "at first glance" was steeped in ignorance. From there you compounded your ignorant post with even more uninformed dribble. And the fact that your post was rated "4, Informative" shows that there exist too many /. folk with rating points who rate ignorant postings like your post with the most bizarre attributes.
Go study the one-liner and understand what it does and how it works. That will be a warmup. Now take something such as the "Conway game of death" and deconstruct how it works. Finally the to convert the amazing parenthesis matcher into well document documented C code and the. Modify it not be confused by strings such as \".
When you can grok IOCCC code to that level, then post your opinion about ASCII art and obfuscation. But until you can, try to post fewer ignorant dribble and spend more time learning to correctly evaluate code.
Obfuscated webpage (Score:3, Insightful)