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Obfuscate defined:

tr.v. -cated, -cating, -cates.

1a. To render obscure.
1b. To darken.

2. To confuse: his emotions obfuscated his judgment.
    [LLat. obfuscare, to darken : ob(intensive) + Lat. fuscare,
    to darken < fuscus, dark.] -obfuscation n. obfuscatory adj.

Goals of the Contest

The goals of the IOCCC:

• To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C program within the rules.
• To show the importance of programming style, in an ironic way.
• To stress C compilers with unusual code.
• To illustrate some of the subtleties of the C language.
• To provide a safe forum for poor C code. :-)
• To have fun with C!

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