Esoteric Awards
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The Esoteric Awards, called the Essies for short, are a competition, originated by Ben Olmstead, designed to test the skill of esoteric programmers, through either design of or programming in esoteric programming languages.
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[edit] 2001
The first Esoteric Awards were held in 2000, but the deadline kept getting pushed back until it became 2001. The contest organizer was Ben Olmstead; judges included John Colagioia. The categories included:
- Best New Esoteric Programming Language
- Best Language Implementation in an Esoteric Programming Language
The entries included:
The winner was Sorted!, by Gerson Kurz.
[edit] 2002
The Second Ennuial Esoteric Awards were held in 2002. The contest organizer was John Colagioia. The categories included:
- Most Entertaining New Turing-Complete Toy or Language
- Best Treatment of a Mainstream Programming Language as an Esoteric Programming Language
- Iron Programmer
The entries included:
It is not known if a winner was picked.
Source: [1]
[edit] 2003
It is not known if the Essies were held in 2003.
[edit] 2004
The Esoteric Awards were held again in 2004. The categories included:
- [Best] Turing-equivalent Language
- [Best] Under-Turing-equivalent Gimmick
- [Best] Program in an Esoteric Programming Language
- Anything Goes
It is not known if any entries were submitted. It is likewise not known if a winner was picked.
Source: [2]
