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We also suggest that you take a very good look at how the
[muth](muth/index.html) code makes full use of the C Pre-Processor.

...We'll stop spouting spoilers now. Have fun exploring all the entries!
...We'll stop spouting deobfuscation information now. Have fun exploring all the entries!


## Remarks on some of submissions that did not win
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one of the all time best IOCCC entries from 1984.</p>
<p>We also suggest that you take a very good look at how the
<a href="muth/index.html">muth</a> code makes full use of the C Pre-Processor.</p>
<p>…We’ll stop spouting spoilers now. Have fun exploring all the entries!</p>
<p>…We’ll stop spouting deobfuscation information now. Have fun exploring all the entries!</p>
<h2 id="remarks-on-some-of-submissions-that-did-not-win">Remarks on some of submissions that did not win</h2>
<p>The number of entries that would have made it into the final rounds
would have been much higher had some people paid attention to rules 2
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There are also nods to entries of the years [2000/bellard](../2000/bellard/index.html),
[2015/yang](../2015/yang/index.html), ...

...We'll stop spouting spoilers now. Have fun exploring all the entries!
...We'll stop spouting deobfuscation information now. Have fun exploring all the entries!


## Remarks on some of submissions that did not win
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<p>The <a href="ciura/index.html">Most likely to be awarded - 2018/ciura</a> has an amazing vocabulary!</p>
<p>There are also nods to entries of the years <a href="../2000/bellard/index.html">2000/bellard</a>,
<a href="../2015/yang/index.html">2015/yang</a>, …</p>
<p>…We’ll stop spouting spoilers now. Have fun exploring all the entries!</p>
<p>…We’ll stop spouting deobfuscation information now. Have fun exploring all the entries!</p>
<h2 id="remarks-on-some-of-submissions-that-did-not-win">Remarks on some of submissions that did not win</h2>
<p>The number of entries that would have made it into the final rounds
would have been much higher had some people paid attention to rules 2
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because the entry [2019/dogon](dogon/index.html) appropriately pays homage
to past entries without blatantly reusing their code.

...We'll stop spouting spoilers now. Have fun exploring all the entries!
...We'll stop spouting deobfuscation information now. Have fun exploring all the entries!


## Remarks on some of submissions that did not win
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</blockquote>
<p>because the entry <a href="dogon/index.html">2019/dogon</a> appropriately pays homage
to past entries without blatantly reusing their code.</p>
<p>…We’ll stop spouting spoilers now. Have fun exploring all the entries!</p>
<p>…We’ll stop spouting deobfuscation information now. Have fun exploring all the entries!</p>
<h2 id="remarks-on-some-of-submissions-that-did-not-win">Remarks on some of submissions that did not win</h2>
<p>Some entries tried to get around the size limit by submitting a data
file that was really C code and then blindly including code in prog.c.</p>
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An entry, [kurdyukov1](kurdyukov1/index.html), pays homage to the previous entry
[2015/hou](../2015/hou/index.html).

...We'll stop spouting spoilers now. Have fun exploring all the entries!
...We'll stop spouting deobfuscation information now. Have fun exploring all the entries!


## Remarks on some of submissions that did not win
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Please note that modifier keys like ctrl aren’t detectable or at least I’m
unaware of how to do so.</p>
<h2 id="modifying-the-statusscore-line-table-of-variablesstats-below">Modifying the status/score line (table of variables/stats below)</h2>
<h3 id="spoiler-warning">SPOILER WARNING</h3>
<h3 id="deobfuscation-notice">DEOBFUSCATION NOTICE</h3>
<p>Below I give a table of some variables/expressions along with the data types and
their respective format specifiers of the data. Originally it was a lot more
detailed but as I started obfuscating things variables started to disappear and
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## Modifying the status/score line (table of variables/stats below)

### SPOILER WARNING
### DEOBFUSCATION NOTICE

Below I give a table of some variables/expressions along with the data types and
their respective format specifiers of the data. Originally it was a lot more
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could also set the max size to be the highest possible by saying</p>
<pre><code> MAXSIZE=-1</code></pre>
<p>Which I’ve done in the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/ferguson1/play.sh">play.sh</a> script.</p>
<p>I discuss how this mode works in [spoilers.markdown][].</p>
<p>I discuss how this mode works in <a href="spoilers.html">spoilers.html</a>.</p>
<p>Here’s an example run where I spelt ‘SNAKE’. As you can see it’s far from
perfect: the snake after all does not leave gaps and the game does not support
diagonal movement and I also made a mistake and had to modify what I was aiming
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Which I've done in the [play.sh][] script.

I discuss how this mode works in [spoilers.markdown][].
I discuss how this mode works in [spoilers.html][].

Here's an example run where I spelt 'SNAKE'. As you can see it's far from
perfect: the snake after all does not leave gaps and the game does not support
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and <a href="ferguson1/index.html">Snake - 2020/ferguson1</a>.</p>
<p>An entry, <a href="kurdyukov1/index.html">kurdyukov1</a>, pays homage to the previous entry
<a href="../2015/hou/index.html">2015/hou</a>.</p>
<p>…We’ll stop spouting spoilers now. Have fun exploring all the entries!</p>
<p>…We’ll stop spouting deobfuscation information now. Have fun exploring all the entries!</p>
<h2 id="remarks-on-some-of-submissions-that-did-not-win">Remarks on some of submissions that did not win</h2>
<p>As a rule, we try to compile the entries on a variety of platforms. Quite a few
entries this year could not be built or executed on some of them due to reliance
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often have bugs, or features which result the program failing to compile. You
may have to do some syntax changing as we did to get old programs to compile on
strict ANSI C compilers.</p>
<p>Last, read the judges’ remarks/spoilers on the program. Hints for <code>foo.c</code> are
<p>Last, read the judges’ remarks and deobfuscation information on the program. Hints for <code>foo.c</code> are
given in <code>index.html</code>. Often they will contain suggested arguments or
recommended data to use. Authors also sometimes give spoilers.</p>
recommended data to use. Authors also sometimes provide deobfuscation information
about their entries.</p>
<p>If you do gain some understanding of how a program works, go back to the source
and reexamine it using some of the techniques outlined above. See if you can
convince yourself of why the program does what it does.</p>
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may have to do some syntax changing as we did to get old programs to compile on
strict ANSI C compilers.

Last, read the judges' remarks/spoilers on the program. Hints for `foo.c` are
Last, read the judges' remarks and deobfuscation information on the program. Hints for `foo.c` are
given in `index.html`. Often they will contain suggested arguments or
recommended data to use. Authors also sometimes give spoilers.
recommended data to use. Authors also sometimes provide deobfuscation information
about their entries.

If you do gain some understanding of how a program works, go back to the source
and reexamine it using some of the techniques outlined above. See if you can
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<p>Also, it requires a space between identifiers. In short, use <code>(S K)</code> instead of
<code>(SK)</code>, “`sk”, **i<em>i</em>i<em>ii</em>i<em>i</em>ii<code>, or</code>11111100011100`.</p>
<p>Huge memory may be required to compile the program (about 300 MB on my machine).</p>
<p>In addition, there are some limitations (and workarounds) mentioned in <a href="2013/endoh1/index.html#spoiler">Spoiler
section</a>.</p>
<p>In addition, there are some limitations (and workarounds) mentioned in the
<a href="2013/endoh1/index.html#deobfuscation">Deobfuscation section</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<div id="2013_endoh3">
<h2 id="endoh3">2013/endoh3</h2>
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Huge memory may be required to compile the program (about 300 MB on my machine).

In addition, there are some limitations (and workarounds) mentioned in [Spoiler
section](2013/endoh1/index.html#spoiler).
In addition, there are some limitations (and workarounds) mentioned in the
[Deobfuscation section](2013/endoh1/index.html#deobfuscation).

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then use the <a href="contact.html">How to contact the IOCCC</a> information to ask
a private question.</p>
<p><strong>IMPORTANT</strong>: When you ask your question (in public or as a private question)
<strong>PLEASE</strong> try to <strong>NOT</strong> spoil the surprise of your pending submission.
<strong>PLEASE</strong> try to <strong>NOT</strong> discuss detailed about your pending submission.
Try to ask for question in a more generic way as this will help others
with a similar question and this will not <strong>give away</strong> what you might be doing
with your submission. If the <a href="judges.html">IOCCC judges</a> truly need more
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a private question.

**IMPORTANT**: When you ask your question (in public or as a private question)
**PLEASE** try to **NOT** spoil the surprise of your pending submission.
**PLEASE** try to **NOT** discuss detailed about your pending submission.
Try to ask for question in a more generic way as this will help others
with a similar question and this will not **give away** what you might be doing
with your submission. If the [IOCCC judges](judges.html) truly need more
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<h2 id="winning-entry-1994westley">Winning entry: <a href="1994/westley/index.html">1994/westley</a></h2>
<h3 id="winning-entry-source-code-westley.c-6">Winning entry source code: <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1994/westley/westley.c">westley.c</a></h3>
</div>
<p><a href="#cody">Cody</a> converted the spoiler compiler options (provided by the author) to be
<p><a href="#cody">Cody</a> converted the deobfuscation compiler options (provided by the author) to be
compiler commands and added a script <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1994/westley/try.sh">try.sh</a> to
automate the spoiler commands to make it easier to see the game in action from
automate the deobfuscation commands to make it easier to see the game in action from
start to finish.</p>
<p>Cody also added the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1994/westley/westley.alt.c">alternate version</a>
that will look fine on terminals not set to 80 columns and the
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<h3 id="winning-entry-source-code-leo.c-1">Winning entry source code: <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1995/leo/leo.c">leo.c</a></h3>
</div>
<p><a href="#cody">Cody</a> added the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1995/leo/try.sh">try.sh</a> script.</p>
<p>At our change in how to deal with spoilers, Cody also uudecoded the spoiler provided
<p>At our change in how to deal with deobfuscation, Cody also uudecoded the deobfuscation inforation provided
by the author, putting it in <a href="1995/leo/spoiler.html">spoiler.html</a>.</p>
<div id="1995_makarios">
<h2 id="winning-entry-1995makarios">Winning entry: <a href="1995/makarios/index.html">1995/makarios</a></h2>
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<h2 id="winning-entry-1995vanschnitz">Winning entry: <a href="1995/vanschnitz/index.html">1995/vanschnitz</a></h2>
<h3 id="winning-entry-source-code-vanschnitz.c">Winning entry source code: <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1995/vanschnitz/vanschnitz.c">vanschnitz.c</a></h3>
</div>
<p><a href="#cody">Cody</a> added the authors’ <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1995/vanschnitz/vanschnitz.alt.c">spoiler as a C
file</a> as in 2023 we have decided that in most
<p><a href="#cody">Cody</a> added the authors’ <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1995/vanschnitz/vanschnitz.alt.c">deobfuscation source code</a>
as in 2023 we have decided that in most
cases all the code should be available for the wider audience, without having to
extract it. The exception is when the files are created by the entry or the
entry decrypts the text or something like that.</p>
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exist but is actually <code>clang</code>) as <code>cc</code> always should.
Getting this entry to work was quite complicated but is also very interesting.</p>
<p>To see how the macOS fixes works, see the <a href="1998/schweikh1/macos.html">macos.html</a>
file but do note that this includes spoilers for both versions! The fixes to get
file but do note that this includes deobfuscation information for both versions! The fixes to get
it to work at all are described next.</p>
<p>So what was wrong with the original?</p>
<p>The call to <code>freopen(3)</code> was incorrect with the second arg (the mode) being
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<a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2014/endoh1/Rakefile">Rakefile</a> slightly.</p>
<p><strong><em>Barely</em></strong> worth noting but done nonetheless, Cody renamed the <code>read_me.html</code>
file to <a href="2014/endoh1/spoilers.html">spoilers.html</a> to be clearer in its purpose as
it is a file with spoilers (and too close to index.html?).</p>
it is a file with deobfuscation information.</p>
<div id="2014_endoh2">
<h2 id="winning-entry-2014endoh2">Winning entry: <a href="2014/endoh2/index.html">2014/endoh2</a></h2>
<h3 id="winning-entry-source-code-prog.c-3">Winning entry source code: <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2014/endoh2//prog.c">prog.c</a></h3>
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<h3 id="winning-entry-source-code-prog.c-36">Winning entry source code: <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/yang//prog.c">prog.c</a></h3>
</div>
<p><a href="#cody">Cody</a> added the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/yang/try.sh">try.sh</a> script. This script will ask
if the user wants to see some of the spoilers and only show them if they type
if the user wants to see some of the deobfuscation information and only show them if they type
<code>y</code> or <code>Y</code>.</p>
<div id="2019">
<h1 id="the-26th-ioccc"><a href="2019/index.html">2019 - The 26th IOCCC</a></h1>
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<p>He also added the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2019/dogon/try.sh">try.sh</a> script.</p>
<p>He also made it possible to easily redefine the memory macro <code>Z</code> at compilation
time by improving the <code>Makefile</code>.</p>
<p>He fixed a link in the spoiler source code. As a spoiler it felt more important
<p>He fixed a link in the deobfuscation source code. It felt more important
that this was done (some typos were fixed as well but only some - the purpose
was to only correct spelling and only some, not to change wording or anything
else).</p>
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