Competitors opens to seek out the world’s most perplexing laptop code
A 2011 entry to the Worldwide Obfuscated C Code Contest, designed to appear like a manga character
PGM/PPM pictures and ASCII artwork by Don, Yang
Laptop programmers are being challenged to write down the world’s sneakiest and most complicated code in a contest that opens subsequent week. To win, entrants should discover methods to write down applications within the C language that baffle judges on first studying, then carry out uncommon, surprising or catastrophic duties when run.
The Worldwide Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) started in 1984 and its co-founder, Landon Noll, says it’s the longest-running on-line competitors of any variety.…
