Revisit 1990 entries

Although I previously got them to all compile they did not all work. Now
they do except that jaw does not work properly in macOS (I have noticed
something odd in linux too but it appears to work mostly if not
entirely).

Yusuke Endoh pointed out for 1990/theorem that atof() nowadays needs
include stdlib.h so this was added to the file. As well I added the
inclusion of string.h for strcmp(). I also fixed some segfaults in this
entry (even though the judges pointed out that for NULL pointer one
needs the four '0 0 0 0' it still segfaulted under those conditions) so
that everything should work now under both linux and macOS. There were
iirc two parts to this: one the NULL pointer is no longer dereferenced
but also the type being passed to strcmp() was a int * and not a char *.
This prevented 1990/theorem/sorter from working at all (segfault) and as
I recall it there was another segfault I encountered as well.

For 1990/jaw Yusuke Endoh provided a ruby implementation of btoa as it's
not always available in modern systems. Thank you Yusuke!

In 1990/jaw shark.sh had to be modified as well. This had to do with '.'
not being in the default PATH.

As well I had previously made a mistake about btoa versus atob as both
were referenced in 1990/jaw/README.md. I believe I have this correct
now.

Many if not all the README files were modified with various changes
including formatting (like turning them into markdown) and section
titles amongst other things.

I seem to recall I'm missing something here but I can't recall what I
recall :-) so this will have to suffice this time round (maybe it was
the btoa/atob issue that I just remembered and added above but I'm not
sure).
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### To run
echo 4 | baruch
echo 7 | baruch
echo 4 | ./baruch
echo 7 | ./baruch
## Judges' comments
This program reads an integer between 4 and 99 from the stdin.
This program reads an integer between 4 and 99 from the stdin.
NOTE: The original program did not have a newline at the end of
the file. We added a final newline to the file to make
unpacking easy.
NOTE: The original program did not have a newline at the end of the file. We
added a final newline to the file to make unpacking easy.
## Author's comments
## Authors' comments
The goal of this work was to write a program that solves the
classic n-queen problem, with a board size of up to 99x99, while
keeping the program as short as possible.
The goal of this work was to write a program that solves the
classic n-queen problem, with a board size of up to 99x99, while
keeping the program as short as possible.
The program finds all possibilities to place N chess queens on
a NxN chess board so that no queen is in range of any other queen
(not in the same column row or diagonal). For each solution the
chess board and the place of the queens is printed to stdout.
The program finds all possibilities to place N chess queens on
a NxN chess board so that no queen is in range of any other queen
(not in the same column row or diagonal). For each solution the
chess board and the place of the queens is printed to stdout.
This program is about as simple and as readable as possible.
To make things even more simple we used a very limited subset of C:
This program is about as simple and as readable as possible.
To make things even more simple we used a very limited subset of C:
No pre-processor statements
Only one, harmless, 'for' statement
No ifs
No breaks
No cases
No functions
No gotos
No structures
No pre-processor statements
Only one, harmless, 'for' statement
No ifs
No breaks
No cases
No functions
No gotos
No structures
In short, it contains no C language that might confuse the
innocent reader. :-)
In short, it contains no C language that might confuse the
innocent reader. :-)
This program demonstrates the claim that in C, any program
can be written using a single 'for' statement, as long as it is
long enough..
This program demonstrates the claim that in C, any program
can be written using a single 'for' statement, as long as it is
long enough..
The authors further note:
The authors' further note:
For PC users:
In order to compile the program under Turbo-C or MSC, 'int '
should be inserted at the beginning of the program.
For better looking results it is recommended to replace the " #Q"
string with " \261\2".
For PC users:
In order to compile the program under Turbo-C or MSC, 'int '
should be inserted at the beginning of the program.
For better looking results it is recommended to replace the " #Q"
string with " \261\2".
Copyright (c) 1990, Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel.
All Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, educational or non-profit use is