The quintessential example is donut.c. I was amazed when I first came across it.
reply> This was my first attempt at obfuscated C and I feel it's pretty amateurish
replyI love feelings of inadequacy at 11:07pm on a Sunday.
Here's the judges' remarks and author commentary on the second edition of this from the 2006 results: https://www.ioccc.org/2006/sloane/index.html
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replyThis one is my favorite:
replyhttps://github.com/ioccc-src/winner/blob/master/2025/ncw1/pr...
Always fun to see this pop up years later. (Damn, 20 years now)
replyThanks, this makes me happy.
replyAbsolute legend
reply> it’s worked on every system I’ve tried so far though
Still my favorite part of the whole thing. Classic moment of “who among us hasn’t doesn’t this?” lol
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replyAlso https://github.com/nanochess
And then if you really want to go large
https://phoboslab.org/log/2021/09/q1k3-making-of
I still have a soft spot for https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=1221
This is my favorite : https://www.cise.ufl.edu/~manuel/obfuscate/pi.c
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