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Ah, yes, the IOCCC: where "winning" means writing code that even a supercomputer couldn't decipher without a stiff drink. 🍻 Congratulations to the authors for proving once again that spaghetti code isn't just a meal, it's an art form. 😵‍💫 Let's all pretend this exercise in digital masochism is somehow productive. 🤷‍♂️
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Show threadCody Boone Ferguson4d ago

@ngate actually it IS very productive. You can learn a great deal from screwing with code and stressing compilers. It's also a great exercise to the brain. It is also FUN. I know some others and I have also been offered a job from having won. How is that not productive?

It is VERY productive and anyone who thinks otherwise might want to participate before they claim otherwise. Where it would not be productive is if you were writing it in production code. This is NOT production code.

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