Легендарный конкурс IOCCC (International Obfuscated C Code Contest) объявил победителей 2025 года! 🎉 С 1984 года это старейшее соревнование для программистов-мазохистов, превращающих код в головоломки. В этом году 23 работы поразили жюри: одни алгоритмы генерируют ASCII-арт через рекурсивные костыли, другие скрывают тетрис в макросах. 🤯 Под капотом — математическая магия, перегрузка операторов и троллинг читателя. Участники доказывают: даже нечитаемый код может быть элегантным! 🔥 Ссылку на шедевры — в комментах. #IOCCC #C #программирование #хаки
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EditorDavidon Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:19PM from the clang-your-gong dept. Started in 1984, it’s been described as the internet’s longest-running contest. And yesterday 2025’s International Obfuscated C Code Contest concluded — with 23 new winners announced in a special four-and-a-half-hour livestreamed ceremony ! Programmers submitted their funniest programs showcasing C’s unusual/obscure subtleties while having some fun. (And demonstrating the importance of clarity and style by setting some very bad examples…) Among this year’s winners were an OpenRISC 32-bit CPU emulator , a virtual machine capable of running Doom , and some kind of salmon recipe that makes clever use of C’s U»string» literal prefix … But yes, every entry’s source code is ridiculously obfuscated. («Before you set off on your adventure to decode this program’s logic, make sure you have enough food, ammo, clothes, oxen, and programming supplies,» read the judge’s remarks on the winner of this year’s «diabolical logistics» prize. «You’ll be driving for 2170 miles through a wild wilderness inspired by Oregon Trail…») And one entrant also struggled mightily in adapting a rough port of their program’s old Atari 2600 version , but was never gonna give it up… Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader achowe for bringing the news (who has submitted winning entries in four different decades , starting in 1991 and continuing through 2024)… Including a 2004 award for the best abuse of the contest’s guidelines . («We are not exactly sure how many organisations will be upset with this entry, but we are considering starting an IOCCC standards body just to reign in the likes of Mr Howe….») ← Related Links → N6 (Hexanitrogen) Synthesized for the First Time — Twice As Energy Dense As TNT ‘International Obfuscated C Code Contest’ Will Relaunch, Celebrating 40th Anniversary Submission: IOCCC28 winners announced This is the most recent story. Help us pick the next by voting on submissions , or submit your own .
