Brilliant! The International Obfuscated C Code Contest is back

[ivan747]

Just look at this, the entries are awesome! I would like this to be featured in the Amp Hour to have a good laugh.
http://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/the-international-obfuscated-c-code-contest-is-back/

[aparlett]

look like good fun, some of the stuents at my uni will be good contenders for this sadly they are not trying to win

 

[DaveW]

It's well worth looking through some of the old winners, absolutely amazing is a flight simulator. And the code looks like a plane... Screenshots and code here,

http://blog.aerojockey.com/post/iocccsim

And just look at the code for twelve days of Christmas,

#include <stdio.h>
main(t,_,a)
char *a;
{
 return!0<t?t<3?main(-79,-13,a+main(-87,1-_,main(-86,0,a+1)+a)):
 1,t<_?main(t+1,_,a):3,main(-94,-27+t,a)&&t==2?_<13?
 main(2,_+1,"%s %d %d\n"):9:16:t<0?t<-72?main(_,t,
"@n'+,#'/*{}w+/w#cdnr/+,{}r/*de}+,/*{*+,/w{%+,/w#q#n+,/#{l+,/n{n+,/+#n+,/#\
 ;#q#n+,/+k#;*+,/'r :'d*'3,}{w+K w'K:'+}e#';dq#'l \
 q#'+d'K#!/+k#;q#'r}eKK#}w'r}eKK{nl]'/#;#q#n'){)#}w'){){nl]'/+#n';d}rw' i;#\
 ){nl]!/n{n#'; r{#w'r nc{nl]'/#{l,+'K {rw' iK{;[{nl]'/w#q#n'wk nw' \
 iwk{KK{nl]!/w{%'l##w#' i; :{nl]'/*{q#'ld;r'}{nlwb!/*de}'c \
 ;;{nl'-{}rw]'/+,}##'*}#nc,',#nw]'/+kd'+e}+;#'rdq#w! nr'/ ') }+}{rl#'{n' ')# \
 }'+}##(!!/")
 :t<-50?_==*a?putchar(31[a]):main(-65,_,a+1):main((*a=='/')+t,_,a+1)
 :0<t?main(2,2,"%s"):*a=='/'||main(0,main(-61,*a,
 "!ek;dc i@bK'(q)-[w]*%n+r3#l,{}:\nuwloca-O;m .vpbks,fxntdCeghiry"),a+1);
 }

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/tball/papers/xmasgift/

[McMonster]

So bad we code Java at my work. I'd have plenty of code ready for submission if my coworkers were using C.

[mikeselectricstuff]

How about an obfuscated circuit contest...?
Most complex/wierd circuit to do a simple or non-obvious function.
 

[McMonster]

There are already 555 timer, 7400 series etc. contests, some of works there are really weird like a circuit using 555 timers exlusively (no resistors, caps or any other parts, just internal resistances and capacitances of the chips!).

[ivan747]

How about an obfuscated circuit contest...?
Most complex/wierd circuit to do a simple or non-obvious function.

I have had some ideas for a contest like that, but I can't come up with one right now.