# Seventh International Obfuscated C Code Contest View the `index.html` web page for the given winning entry for information on how on how to compile it and how to run the winning program. Look at the winning source and try to figure how it does what it does! You may then wish to look at the Author's remarks for even more details. This year, the [Best of Show](theorem/index.html) won a standing ovation at USENIX. The [Strangest abuse of the rules](stig/index.html) award was given this year to stress the fact that starting in [1991](../years.html#1991), entries should be shell-specific. This year was the first year that we accepted ANSI C entries. It was interesting to note that the ANSI C entries were as a whole less portable than the K&R C entries. We hope that in future contests people will enter more obfuscated and challenging ANSI C programs. We would like to thank Barbara Frezza (loving wife of Larry Bassel) for her role as official chef of the contest. Her opinions regarding some of the contest entries were appreciated. [Rules](rules.txt) and [results](../years.html#1990) were posted to _comp.lang.c_, _comp.sources.unix_, and _alt.sources_. They have been made available on a wide number of USENET archive sites such as uunet. ## Final Comments **IMPORTANT NOTE**: See [contact.html](../contact.html) for up to date contact details as well as details on how to provide fixes to any of the entries. See also the [IOCCC FAQ](../faq.html) for additional information on the IOCCC.