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<center><font size="6"><i>The International Obfuscated C Code
Contest </i></font></center>
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<p>[ <a href="https://www.ioccc.org/judges.html">The judges</a> |
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<p>The <a href="https://www.ioccc.org/years.html#2020">source
winners of the 27<sup>th</sup> IOCCC</a> have been released.
Congratulations!</p>
<p>Right now, you cannot submit an entry because the <b>IOCCC</b>
is not open. We do plan to hold <b>IOCCC28</b> in 2021.</p>
<p>Please see the watch the <a
href="https://www.ioccc.org/index.html#news">IOCCC news</a>
below for information on the next <b>IOCCC</b>. <a name="goals"></a>
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<h2>Goals of the Contest</h2>
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<li type="none"><b>Obfuscate:</b> tr.v. -cated, -cating, -cates.
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<li type="a">To render obscure. </li>
<li type="a">To darken. </li>
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<li type="1">To confuse: his emotions obfuscated his judgment.<br>
[LLat. obfuscare, to darken : ob(intensive) + Lat. fuscare,<br>
to darken < fuscus, dark.] -obfuscation n. obfuscatory
adj<br>
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<li type="none"><b>The IOCCC:</b>
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<li type="square">To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C
program within the rules. </li>
<li type="square">To show the importance of programming style,
in an ironic way. </li>
<li type="square">To stress C compilers with unusual code. </li>
<li type="square">To illustrate some of the subtleties of the
C language. </li>
<li type="square">To provide a safe forum for poor C code. :-)
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