rules:

1. It is an individual event. To participate in this contest, you only need to register on the website.
2. Open to all students and professionals.
3. The contest will last 8 hours and will consist of 6 to 8 problems.
4. Programming Language - C. All codes will be compiled using gcc 4.4.1 compiler with:
   gcc -O2 -Wall -x c file.c
5. #define and typedef are not allowed. All C functions are allowed by default.
6. You can't include any header file. Although, you are allowed to use any function from C Standard library
7. Maximum of 1000 submissions are allowed for a problem.
8. Scoring - Participants are ranked according to Total Score
   • Absolute Score for the problem is calculated based on the specified scoring scheme. For e.g. here is a sample scoring scheme:
     
     where,

     S = Number of semicolons ;
     C = Number of non-whitespace characters
     K = Number of keywords
     O = Number of commas

   • Relative Score for a problem is calculated based on the scoring scheme as follows:
     
   • Total Score is the sum of Relative Scores for all the problems correctly solved.
   • A problem is said to be correctly solved if it produces correct output for all the inputs of Judge in given time.
9. Organisers may ask for the explanation of any solution submitted by you, failure to which may lead to disqualification.