Some Light Relief—The Domestic Obfuscated Java Code Non-Competition

Readers of my book Expert C Programming will be aware of the International Obfuscated C Code Competition (IOCCC). It's an annual contest run over Usenet since 1984 to find the most horrible and unreadable C programs of the year. Not horrible in that it is badly written, but in the much subtler concept of being horrible to figure out what it does and how it works.

The IOCCC accepts entries in the winter, which are judged over the spring, and the winners are announced at the summer Usenix conference. It is a great honor to be one of the dozen or so category winners at the IOCCC, as many very good programmers turn their talents to the dark side of the force for this event. ...

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