It is true that publishing the source code this early is risky, but submitting the code that has been already published is not prohibited by its own. My winning

It is true that publishing the source code this early is risky, but submitting the code that has been already published is not prohibited by its own. My winning entry (2012/kang [1]) was in fact published independently and was even on HN [2]. I'm pretty sure that this is not the only occurrence, having seen some winning entries trending on Twitter before the public announcement. [1] https://www.ioccc.org/2012/kang/ https://www.ioccc.org/2012/kang/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2748402 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2748402