17 votes Winners of the 2025 International Obfuscated C Code Contest Posted June 10 by asteroid Tags: c, competitions, international obfuscated c code contest.2025, source.ioccc https://www.ioccc.org/2025/ Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Title 2025 - The 29th IOCCC Word count 1035 words 5 comments Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK [5] fxgn June 11 Link Looks like regular C code to me Looks like regular C code to me 6 votes FlippantGod June 11 Link Parent zoltraak zoltraak zoltraak zoltraak zoltraak zoltraak 3 votes [2] DeaconBlue June 11 Link Parent I don't think most C linters would be cool with this. I don't think most C linters would be cool with this. 3 votes slade June 11 Link Parent That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt" That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt" 4 votes asteroid (OP) June 11 Link Parent Back in the 80s, when CompuServe was all dialup, an online friend opined that it was hard to discern the difference between C code and line noise. Back in the 80s, when CompuServe was all dialup, an online friend opined that it was hard to discern the difference between C code and line noise. 2 votes
[5] fxgn June 11 Link Looks like regular C code to me Looks like regular C code to me 6 votes FlippantGod June 11 Link Parent zoltraak zoltraak zoltraak zoltraak zoltraak zoltraak 3 votes [2] DeaconBlue June 11 Link Parent I don't think most C linters would be cool with this. I don't think most C linters would be cool with this. 3 votes slade June 11 Link Parent That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt" That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt" 4 votes asteroid (OP) June 11 Link Parent Back in the 80s, when CompuServe was all dialup, an online friend opined that it was hard to discern the difference between C code and line noise. Back in the 80s, when CompuServe was all dialup, an online friend opined that it was hard to discern the difference between C code and line noise. 2 votes
[2] DeaconBlue June 11 Link Parent I don't think most C linters would be cool with this. I don't think most C linters would be cool with this. 3 votes slade June 11 Link Parent That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt" That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt" 4 votes
slade June 11 Link Parent That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt" That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt" 4 votes
asteroid (OP) June 11 Link Parent Back in the 80s, when CompuServe was all dialup, an online friend opined that it was hard to discern the difference between C code and line noise. Back in the 80s, when CompuServe was all dialup, an online friend opined that it was hard to discern the difference between C code and line noise. 2 votes
Looks like regular C code to me
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I don't think most C linters would be cool with this.
That would be a fun linting rule, though. "❌ Code not shaped as a lightning bolt"
Back in the 80s, when CompuServe was all dialup, an online friend opined that it was hard to discern the difference between C code and line noise.