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Article #272Re: ANNOUNCE: 0th International Obfuscated Haskell Code Contest
From: Tomasz Zielonka
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:21
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:21
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Właśnie ukazało się na comp.lang.functional: 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. -- .signature: Too many levels of symbolic links
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