Winners - about the authors of winning IOCCC entries

People who have won the IOCCC

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-- A is for atoi -- (top)

Glyn Anderson - home page unknown, glyn _at_ mataharistudios -dot- com
- Best Use of Flags (2000/anderson.c)
Anonymous - Home page and EMail address withheld by request
- Dishonorable mention (1984/anonymous.c)
Anonymous - EMail address withheld by request
- Best use of "Precious" Lines (2004/anonym ous.c)
David Applegate - davida _at_ caam -dot- rice -dot- edu
- Best X11 Graphics (1991/davidguy.c)
Jack Applin - neutron _at_ fc -dot- hp -dot- com
- Best one liner (1985/applin.c)
- Most adaptable program (1986/applin.c)
- Best of show (1988/applin.c)
Jari Arkko - jari _at_ arkko -dot- com
- Strangest abuse of the rules (1989/jar.1.c)
- Best of show (1989/jar.2.c)
- Best of show (2000/jarijyrki.c)
Lennart Augustsson - augustss _at_ cs -dot- chalmers -dot- se
- Most obscure program (1985/august.c)
- Best complex task done in a complex way (1986/august.c)
- Best of Show (1996/august.c)
-- B is for break -- (top)
Carl Banks - cwb129 _at_ alumni -dot- psu -dot- edu
- Best of Show (1998/banks.c)
Gavin Barraclough - home page unknown, gavin _at_ barraclough -dot- name
- Dishonorable mention (2001/anonymous.c)
- Best of Show (2004/gavin.c)
Sean Barrett - buzzard _at_ world -dot- std -dot- com
- Best Output (1991/buzzard.c)
- Most Obfuscated Algorithm (1992/buzzard.1.c)
- Best Language Tool (1992/buzzard.2.c)
Doug Beardsley - home page unknown, dgbeards _at_ southern -dot- edu
- Best AI (2001/dgbeards.c)
Fabrice Bellard - fabrice _at_ bellard -dot- org
- Most Specific Output (2000/bellard.c)
- Best abuse of the rules (2001/bellard.c)
E. Jay Berkenbilt - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Obfuscated Algorithm (1993/ejb.c)
Daniel J. Bernstein - Daniel J. Bernstein - djb _at_ pobox -dot- com
- Best Of Show (1991/brnstnd.c)
Mark Biggar - home page unknown, mark _at_ biggar -dot- org
- Best Abuse of the Rules (1987/biggar.c)
Paul E. Black - Paul E. Black - p -dot- black _at_ acm -dot- org
- Most complex algorithm (1989/paul.c)
James Bonfield - home page unknown, jkb _at_ mrc-lmb -dot- cam -dot- ac -dot- uk
- Best Game (1991/rince.c)
- Most Well Rounded (1993/rince.c)
- Astronomically Obfuscated (2000/rince.c)
Moxen N. Briddlebane - home page unknown, moxen _at_ gateway -dot- net
- Best Abuse of User (2000/briddlebane.c)
Walter Bright - emperor _at_ classicempire -dot- com
- Most useful obfuscation (1986/bright.c)
Leonid A. Broukhis - leob _at_ mailcom -dot- com
- Best Game (1993/leo.c)
- Best Use of Obfuscation (1995/leo.c)
Laurion Burchall - ldb _at_ netspace -dot- org
- Best One-liner (1994/ldb.c)
Brent Burley - home page unknown, brent -dot- burley _at_ disney -dot- com
- Best Calculated Risk (2004/burley.c)
Gavin Buttimore - home page unknown, gavin -dot- buttimore _at_ creaturelabs -dot- com
- Most Portable Output (2000/thadgavin.c)
-- C is for cc -- (top)
Raymond Cheong - rcheong _at_ jhu -dot- edu
- Best Abuse of CPP (2000/primenum.c)
- Best short program (2001/cheong.c)
Ian Collier - imc _at_ comlab -dot- ox -dot- ac -dot- uk
- Best Output (1992/imc.c)
- Most Obfuscated Algorithm (1994/imc.c)
Pierre-Philippe Coupard - home page unknown, pierre _at_ lineo -dot- com
- Most obfuscated sound (2001/coupard.c)
-- D is for do -- (top)
John Dalbec - jdalbec _at_ cboss -dot- com
- Best Numerical Obfuscation (1996/dalbec.c)
- Best Abuse of the Periodic Table (2004/jdal bec.c)
Paul Dale - EMail address unknown
- Best abuse of system calls (1988/dale.c)
Dave Decot - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Second place (1984/decot.c)
Bas de Bakker - home page unknown, bas _at_ bbwt -dot- demon -dot- nl
- Best Encapsulation (1998/bas1.c)
- Best Small Program (1998/bas2.c)
Alan De Smet - chaos _at_ null -dot- net
- Best Object Orientation (1998/chaos.c)
Sebastian Deorowicz - sdeor _at_ star -dot- iinf -dot- polsl -dot- gliwice -dot- pl
- Interesting Algorithm (1995/esde.c)
Don Dodson - EMail address unknown
- Best Game (1994/dodsond1.c)
- Most Obfuscated Packaging (1994/dodsond2.c)
- Most Humorous (1995/dodsond1.c)
- Best Game (1995/dodsond2.c)
Sean Dorward - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Utility (1990/tbr.c)
Heather Downs - heather _at_ bungalow -dot- com
- Best Layout (1995/heathbar.c)
- Best Short Program (1995/makarios.c)
Carlos Duarte - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Output (1995/cdua.c)
Christian Dupont - home page unknown, christian -dot- dupont _at_ lemel -dot- fr
- Most Useful Label (1991/cdupont.c)
-- E is for errno -- (top)
Paul Eggert - home page unknown, eggert _at_ twinsun -dot- com
- Best Entropy-reducer (1990/jaw.c)
Thor Eldby - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Output (1996/eldby.c)
-- F is for float -- (top)
Tony Finch - dot _at_ dotat -dot- at
- Most Obfuscated Translator (1998/fanf.c)
Thomas A. Fine - fine _at_ head-cfa -dot- harvard -dot- edu
- Best One Liner (1991/fine.c)
Daniel Fischer - home page unknown, df _at_ freudenstadt -dot- net
- Best Data Hiding (1998/df.c)
Karl F. Fox - home page unknown, karl _at_ ascend -dot- com
- Best Entropy-reducer (1990/jaw.c)
Thaddaeus Frogley - codemonkey_uk _at_ hotmail -dot- com
- Most Portable Output (2000/thadgavin.c)
-- G is for gcc -- (top)
Anders Gavare - md1gavan _at_ mdstud -dot- chalmers -dot- se
- Best use of Light and Spheres (2004/gavare.c )
David Gibson - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Abuse of the C Preprocessor (1993/dgibson.c)
Garry Glendown - home page unknown, garry _at_ insider -dot- regio -dot- net
- Best Utility (1995/garry.c)
David Goodenough - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Abuse of the C Preprocessor (1990/dg.c)
Andreas Gustafsson - gson _at_ araneus -dot- fi
- Most Humorous Output (1992/gson.c)
-- H is for hypot -- (top)
Jim Hague - bears _at_ cix -dot- compulink -dot- co -dot- uk
- Worst abuse of the C preprocessor (1986/hague.c)
Paul Heckbert - ph _at_ cs -dot- cmu -dot- edu
- Best Obfuscator of Programs (1987/heckbert.c)
Robert Heckendorn - EMail address unknown
- Best one liner (1985/applin.c)
Stig Hemmer - stig _at_ pvv -dot- ntnu -dot- no
- Strangest Abuse of the Rules (1990/stig.c)
Immanuel Herrmann - immi _at_ pcpool -dot- mathematik -dot- uni-freiburg -dot- de
- Best abuse of the C preprocessor (2001/herrmann1.c)
- Most eye-crossing (2001/herrmann2.c)
Spencer Hines - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Worst Style (1987/hines.c)
Bruce Holloway - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best simple task performed in a complex way (1986/holloway.c)
Jyrki Holopainen - jyrki -dot- holopainen _at_ paetronics -dot- fi
- Most Versatile Source (1993/lmfjyh.c)
- Best of show (2000/jarijyrki.c)
Mary Ann (Mark) Horton - mah _at_ mhorton -dot- net
- Best Utility (1994/horton.c)
Anthony C. Howe - achowe _at_ snert -dot- com
- Best Utility (1991/ant.c)
- Best Utility (1992/ant.c)
- Best Utility (1993/ant.c)
- Best Abuse of the Guidelines (2004/hibachi. tar.gz)
Jonathan Hoyle - jonhoyle _at_ mac -dot- com
- Most Functional Output (2004/hoyle.c)
Ken Huffman - kenh _at_ aiinet -dot- com
- Best Obfuscated Character Set Utility (1996/huffman.c)
-- I is for int -- (top)
Mark Isaak - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best visuals (1988/isaak.c)
-- J is for jmp_buf -- (top)
Larry Jones - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- ANSI Committee's Worst Abuse of C (1990/scjones.c)
Thomas P John - thomaspjohn _at_ hotmail -dot- com
- Most Complete Program (2000/tomx.c)
Nick Johnson - arachnid _at_ notdot -dot- net
- Best use of Vision (2004/arachnid.c)
-- K is for killchar -- (top)
Chris King - home page unknown, ctk314 _at_ yahoo -dot- com
- Worst Driver (2001/ctk.c)
Tero Kivinen - kivinen _at_ iki -dot- fi
- Best X Program (1992/kivinen.c)
Eryk Kopczynski - home page unknown, ek189185 _at_ zodiac -dot- mimuw -dot- edu -dot- pl
- Best One-Liner (2004/kopczynski.c)
David Korn - dgk _at_ research -dot- att -dot- com
- Best One Liner (1987/korn.c)
-- L is for libc -- (top)
Mike Laman - home page unknown, mlaman _at_ home -dot- com
- Third place (1984/laman.c)
Ora Lassila - ora -dot- lassila _at_ nokia -dot- com
- Best of show (1989/jar.2.c)
Roemer B. Lievaart - roemer -dot- lievaart _at_ xs4all -dot- nl
- Grand Prize (1987/lievaart.c)
- Best layout (1989/roemer.c)
Maarten Litmaath - home page unknown, litmaath _at_ cern -dot- ch
- Best small program (1988/litmaath.c)
David Lowe - david _at_ pootpoot -dot- com
- Best Utility (1998/dlowe.c)
- Most Fun (1998/dloweneil.c)
- Worst Abuse of the Rules (2000/dlowe.c)
Ed Luke - lush _at_ erc -dot- msstate -dot- edu
- Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor (1992/lush.c)
Ed Lycklama - eal _at_ klg -dot- com
- Strangest appearing program (1985/lycklama.c)
-- M is for malloc -- (top)
Selene Makarios - EMail address unknown
- Best Short Program (1995/makarios.c)
Andrea Marangoni - andrea _at_ andreamarangoni -dot- it
- Best Game (1992/marangon.c)
Adrian Mariano - adrian _at_ cam -dot- cornell -dot- edu
- Best of Show (1990/theorem.c)
- Most Educational (1992/adrian.c)
Eric Marshall - home page unknown, eric _at_ EMIEng -dot- com
- Best layout (1986/marshall.c)
Ron McFarland - home page unknown, rcm _at_ one -dot- net
- Best RFC Obfuscation (1996/rcm.c)
Bernd Meyer - bmeyer _at_ cs -dot- monash -dot- edu -dot- au
- Best Utility (2000/bmeyer.c)
Chris Mills - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Game (1990/cmills.c)
- "Bill Gates" Award (1993/cmills.c)
Neil Mix - EMail address unknown
- Most fun (1998/dloweneil.c)
Sjoerd Mullender - Sjoerd -dot- Mullender _at_ cwi -dot- nl
- Grand Prize (1984/mullender.c)
-- N is for nan -- (top)
Jeff Newbern - home page unknown, jnewbern _at_ yahoo -dot- com
- Best Font Engine (2004/newbern.c)
Baruch Nissenbaum - home page unknown, baruch _at_ eng -dot- tau -dot- ac -dot- il
- Best Small Program (1990/baruch.c)
Esko Nuutila - enu _at_ cs -dot- hut -dot- fi
- Best of show (1989/jar.2.c)
-- O is for open -- (top)
Nicolas Ollinger - Nicolas -dot- Ollinger _at_ ens-lyon -dot- fr
- Best Of Show (2001/ollinger.c)
Jason Orendorff - jason _at_ jorendorff -dot- com
- Best Of Show (2001/jason.c)
Doron Osovlanski - EMail address unknown
- Best Small Program (1990/baruch.c)
-- P is for printf -- (top)
Michael H. Pawka - mikey _at_ niceup -dot- com
- Most illegible code (1986/pawka.c)
Vern Paxson - home page unknown, vern _at_ ee -dot- lbl -dot- gov
- Best of Show (1992/vern.c)
Ian Phillipps - home page unknown, ian _at_ dial -dot- pipex -dot- com
- Least likely to compile successfully (1988/phillipps.c)
Mark Plummer - markus _at_ nrgnet -dot- com
- Best One Liner (1993/plummer.c)
Kevin Pulo - kev _at_ pulo -dot- com -dot- au
- Best Curses Game (2001/kev.c)
-- Q is for qsort -- (top)

-- R is for realloc -- (top)
Byron Rakitzis - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Utility (1990/tbr.c)
Teemu Rantanen - tvr _at_ cs -dot- hut -dot- fi
- Best X11 Program (1994/tvr.c)
Gopi Reddy - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Most useful Obfuscated C program (1988/reddy.c)
Arch D. Robison - EMail address unknown
- Best abuse of C constructs (1988/robison.c)
- Best minimal use of C (1989/robison.c)
- Best game (2000/robison.c)
Edward Rosten - scat1148 _at_ herald -dot- ox -dot- ac -dot- uk
- Best abuse of the user (2001/rosten.c)
Peter J Ruczynski - pete _at_ softbase -dot- demon -dot- co -dot- uk
- Most Unusual Data Structure (1990/pjr.c)
Szymon Rusinkiewicz - smr _at_ cs -dot- stanford -dot- edu
- Worst Abuse of the Rules (1994/smr.c)
-- S is for scanf -- (top)
Michael Savastio - EMail address unknown
- Most Obfuscated Syntax (1995/savastio.c)
Craig Schneiderwent - home page unknown, evilgenius _at_ attglobal -dot- net
- Most Timely Output (2000/schneiderwent.c)
Mark Schnitzius - home page unknown, mschnitzius _at_ hotmail -dot- com
- Obfuscated Intelligence Award (1993/schnitzi.c)
- Best Layout (1994/schnitzi.c)
- Best One Liner (1995/schnitzi.c)
- Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor/Most Likely to Amaze (1995/vanschnitz.c)
- Best Flow Control (1998/schnitzi.c)
- Best Non-Use of Curses (2004/schnitzi.c)
Jens Schweikhardt - ioccc _at_ schweikhardt -dot- net
- Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor (1996/schweikh1.c)
- Best Algorithm (1996/schweikh2.c)
- Best Utility (1996/schweikh3.c)
- CPP Abuse (1998/schweikh1.c)
- Most Erratic Behavior (1998/schweikh2.c)
- Most Space Efficient (1998/schweikh3.c)
- Best one-liner (2001/schweikh.c)
NATORI Shin - home page unknown, natori _at_ is -dot- s -dot- u-tokyo -dot- ac -dot- jp
- Best Small Program (2000/natori.c)
Andrew T. Shapiro - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Most Well Rounded Obfuscation (1994/shapiro.c)
Carl Shapiro - home page unknown, carl _at_ lasvegassun -dot- com
- Grand prize for most well-rounded in confusion (1985/shapiro.c)
Col. G. L. Sicherman - colonel _at_ monmouth -dot- com
- Worst abuse of the C preprocessor (1985/sicherman.c)
Nathan Sidwell - nathan _at_ cs -dot- bris -dot- ac -dot- uk
- Worst Abuse of the Rules (1992/nathan.c)
Diomidis Spinellis - dds _at_ aueb -dot- gr
- Best abuse of the rules (1988/spinellis.c)
- Best Language Tool (1990/dds.c)
- Most Well Rounded (1991/dds.c)
- Abusing The Rules (1995/spinellis.c)
Jan Stein - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best one liner (1986/stein.c)
Dean Swift - Dean Swift - EMail address unknown
- Best Layout (1996/gandalf.c)
Stephen Sykes - sds _at_ maxisat -dot- fi
- Best Abuse of Indentation (2004/sds.c)
-- T is for tmpfile -- (top)
Jon Thingvold - jon -dot- thingvold _at_ usit -dot- uio -dot- no
- Most Obfuscated X Program (1993/jonth.c)
- Best X11 Entry (1996/jonth.c)
Tom Torfs - EMail address unknown
- Best Self-Documenting (1998/tomtorfs.c)
John Tromp - tromp _at_ cwi -dot- nl
- Best game (1989/tromp.c)
-- U is for ungetc -- (top)

-- V is for vfprintf -- (top)
David Van Brackle - vanb _at_ east -dot- isx -dot- com
- Best one liner (1989/vanb.c)
- Most Irregular Expression (1993/vanb.c)
- Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor/Most Likely to Amaze (1995/vanschnitz.c)
Albert van der Horst - albert _at_ spenarnc -dot- xs4all -dot- nl
- Most Useful Program (1992/albert.c)
Frans van Dorsselaer - home page unknown, frans _at_ biabv -dot- com
- Obsolescent Feature (1998/dorssel.c)
Robbert van Renesse - rvr _at_ cs -dot- cornell -dot- edu
- Grand Prize (1984/mullender.c)
Daniel Vik - daniel _at_ vik -dot- cc
- Best X11 Game (2004/vik1.c)
- Best Abuse of CPP (2004/vik2.c)
Oskar von der Luehe - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Most humorous output (1989/ovdluhe.c)
Jay Vosburgh - home page unknown, fubar _at_ sequent -dot- com
- Best self-modifying program (1989/fubar.c)
-- W is for while -- (top)
Larry Wall - larry _at_ wall -dot- org
- Grand prize in most well-rounded in confusion (1986/wall.c)
- Most Useful Obfuscation (1987/wall.c)
Jeff Weisberg - jaw _at_ op -dot- net
- Best Short Program (1994/weisberg.c)
Brian Westley - westley _at_ visi -dot- com
- Best Layout (1987/westley.c)
- Best layout (1988/westley.c)
- Most algorithms in one program (1989/westley.c)
- Best Layout (1990/westley.c)
- Grand Prize (1991/westley.c)
- Best Small Program (1992/westley.c)
- Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor (1994/westley.c)
- Best One Liner (1996/westley.c)
- Best position-independent code (2001/westley.c)
John Williams - home page unknown, williams _at_ morinda -dot- com
- Best Graphic Game (2001/williams.c)
James A. Woods - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Entropy-reducer (1990/jaw.c)
-- X is for xor -- (top)

-- Y is for y0 -- (top)
Don Yang - omoikane _at_ uguu -dot- org
- Best Layout (2000/dhyang.c)
- Best Utility (2004/omoikane.c)
-- Z is for zlib -- (top)
Lord Zarbon - home page unknown, EMail address unknown
- Best Abuse of User (2000/briddlebane.c)

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