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Sadly, the International Obfuscated C Code Contest has not been held in the past 3 years, the last one being the 27th IOCCC from 2020 [1]. Looking forward to s

by tromp 3y ago

Sadly, the International Obfuscated C Code Contest has not been held in the past 3 years, the last one being the 27th IOCCC from 2020 [1]. Looking forward to seeing more editions in the future, and submitting another entry myself... [1] https://www.ioccc.org/years.html#2020 https://www.ioccc.org/years.html#2020

howerj 3y ago
I've been waiting for the competition to open up again, I think I have an entry good enough. There does appear to be some activity on their GitHub repo, but I have no idea when the next one will be. Does anyone here have any gossip about when the next one might be? Wild rumor would also suffice.
hfuaiobfa 3y ago
They seem to be re-organizing the website structure [1] as well as updating the submitting system [2], and lately they were making some progress [3], but still need a lot of formatting work. [1] https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc [2] https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry [3] https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc/112023138011006567 https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc/112023138011006567 There are currently only two active maintainers. I guess any help is welcome.
- K0balt 3y ago
  Seems like they are stretched a bit thin, and no doubt this is a hobby project. This is a great steelman for where dogfooding does not apply - imagine if their website was actually an obfuscated C webserver with the content imbedded in it, and therefore impossible to update lol.
knodi123 3y ago
another casualty of the covid era, I assume /s
- Retr0id 3y ago
  Not sure why the /s, it seems like a plausible contributing factor.
  - knodi123 3y ago
    really? But isn't it an entirely online contest?
    - Retr0id 3y ago
      The humans who run online events still exist in the physical world.
lifthrasiir 3y ago
The biggest factor I think is that the judging process cannot be easily parallelized after the initial filtering and traditionally needed multiple in-person judging sessions---there are several photos in the official Twitter account. (2020 judges didn't meet in person for the obvious reason, but still used conference calls.)

by tromp 3y ago

howerj 3y ago

I've been waiting for the competition to open up again, I think I have an entry good enough. There does appear to be some activity on their GitHub repo, but I have no idea when the next one will be. Does anyone here have any gossip about when the next one might be? Wild rumor would also suffice.

hfuaiobfa 3y ago

They seem to be re-organizing the website structure [1] as well as updating the submitting system [2], and lately they were making some progress [3], but still need a lot of formatting work. [1] https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc [2] https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry [3] https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc/112023138011006567 https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc/112023138011006567 There are currently only two active maintainers. I guess any help is welcome.

K0balt 3y ago
Seems like they are stretched a bit thin, and no doubt this is a hobby project. This is a great steelman for where dogfooding does not apply - imagine if their website was actually an obfuscated C webserver with the content imbedded in it, and therefore impossible to update lol.

knodi123 3y ago

another casualty of the covid era, I assume /s

Retr0id 3y ago
Not sure why the /s, it seems like a plausible contributing factor.
- knodi123 3y ago
  really? But isn't it an entirely online contest?
  - Retr0id 3y ago
    The humans who run online events still exist in the physical world.

lifthrasiir 3y ago

The biggest factor I think is that the judging process cannot be easily parallelized after the initial filtering and traditionally needed multiple in-person judging sessions---there are several photos in the official Twitter account. (2020 judges didn't meet in person for the obvious reason, but still used conference calls.)