[sltkr]

The problem is they haven't published the winning entries.

How can I appreciate the achievements of these coders if I can't see/run their code? There isn't even a description of what they've submitted (except for the clue given by the award title).

[TazeTSchnitzel]

That's because they're still packaging them up and writing hint files and such. They just announce the names first and post the files later.

[sltkr]

I understand, but that's the point: for the audience it's not so interesting to see the results without the winning entries, so to maximize interest, the jury should wait to present the results until they're ready to publish the winning entries too. It's not as if the IOCCC is working on a tight schedule anyway.

This is like hearing who won in the Olympics and then watching the games later at night; sure, you can do that, but it's much more exciting the other way around.

[gpvos]

At least, it shouldn't be posted to HN when the code is not published yet. As it is now, this doesn't satisfy my intellectual curiosity.