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Re: ANNOUNCE: 0th International Obfuscated Haskell Code Contest

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From: Tomasz Zielonka
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:21
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Shae Matijs Erisson napisał:
> In the spirit of http://ioccc.org/ ....
> 
> Bring us your poor, weary, downtrodden, and unreadable source code.
> 
> Come to the 0th INTERNATIONAL OBFUSCATED HASKELL CODE CONTEST!
> 
> This contest is meant to be fun, short, and not terribly serious. Also, then
> we'll know if a 1st IOHCC is a good idea.
> 
>     * submission deadline: March 1st, 2003
>     * send your code (and/or complaints/comments) to: 
>       mailto:iohc-jury@mgoetze.net
> 
> Submission must have source and some sort of description file so that the
> jurors won't be totally mystified.
> 
> Rules:
> 
>     * LICENSE: your code must an original work, all submitted programs are 
>       thereby put in the public domain. All explicitly copyrighted programs
>       will be rejected. (see the IOCCC rules)
>     * max source size: 5k
>     * entry must include shell script or makefile to perform the build
>     * build must not require human intervention
>     * doing something interesting and/or useful is a plus
>     * we particularly like games
>     * limited abuse of the rules is acceptable if the specific abuses are 
>       documented, and the judges think it's cool
> 
> Portability:
> 
>     * latest public release versions of hugs, ghc, nhc, hbc, helium acceptable 
>       (any we missed?)
>     * may use common Haskell tools such as hmake, happy etc.
>     * program need not be portable across Haskell implementations
>     * must be relatively portable across platforms (i.e. no Linux-specificisms)
>     * use of ANSI/VTxxx codes which are not limited to a specific brand of 
>       terminal and work in a standard xterm are portable
>     * FFI is discouraged, we want real Haskell source.
> 
> Five person jury:
> 
>     * Richard Braakman (dark)
>     * Shae Erisson (shapr)
>     * Ian Lynagh (Igloo)
>     * Andrew Bromage (Pseudonym)
>     * Manuel Chakravarty (Chilli)
> 
> We expect judging to take two to three weeks, but this is the 0th IOHCC, could
> be shorter or longer.
> 
> Awards will depend on the specific entries, but may include:
> 
>     * best one-liner - less than 80 chars not counting imports
>     * best .signature sized - 4x80 or 4x76 or whatever
>     * best game
>     * best H98-only program
>     * best exploit of a compiler bug
>     * most useful program
>     * most creative layout
>     * best abuse of implementation-specific extensions
>     * best abuse of the type system
>     * best abuse of category theory
>     * worst abuse of the rules
> 
> Spirit, point, reason:
> 
>     * to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations
>     * to boldly go where no Haskell programmer has ever wanted to be! 
> 
> Semi-seriously, obfuscated code shows neat and unusual ways of structuring a
> program, cool tricks, dark nooks and crannies you've never thought of, and is
> generally a good way to shake off all that software discipline and stomp around
> in the muddy world of spaghetti code for a quick vacation.

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