22nd International Obfuscated C Code Contest Starts Thursday 1 Aug 2013 48
achowe writes "The 22nd International Obfuscated C Code Contest opens 2013-Aug-01 03:14:15 UTC through to 2013-Oct-03 09:26:53 UTC. The rules have been updated, in particular Rule 2 (size rule) has changed. The draft rules and guidelines are available online. In addition there is now an IOCCC Size Rule Tool to aid with counting the secondary size rule. Questions and comments for the Judges can be emailed to q.2013@ioccc.org and must include 'IOCCC 2013' in the subject. Or contact them via Twitter @IOCCC."
Anyone planning on entering?
Re:A contest to code poorly? (Score:3, Interesting)
IOCCC 1991 Best Utility was a vi like editor in 1536 bytes; Debian went on to use the unobfuscated version "ae" as a small editor for the rescue floppy for many many years.
Obscure dates/times, too (Score:4, Interesting)
2013-Aug-01 03:14:15 UTC through to 2013-Oct-03 09:26:53
Umm, where'd those dates/times come from?
03:14:15 looks like pi truncated to 4 decimal places, but why Aug 1? And where'd the close date/time come from?