Merge pull request #91 from xexyl/2001-cheong

2001/cheong/README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 make
 ```
 
+[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to work with
+clang by adding another function that is allowed to have a third arg as an int,
+not a `char **`. He chose pain() because it's a four letter word that would
+match the format and because it's pain that clang forces this. :-) Thank you
+Cody for your assistance!
+
+
 ### To run:
 
 ```sh
@@ -56,8 +63,8 @@ This program runs normally on any ANSI C compiler and is ASCII dependent.
 
 Strict compiling gives just one unavoidable warning:
 
-   > gcc -ansi -Wall cheong.c
+       > gcc -ansi -Wall cheong.c
-   cheong.c:3: warning: third argument of `main' should probably be `char **'
+       cheong.c:3: warning: third argument of `main' should probably be `char **'
 
 ### Obfuscation
 
@@ -67,23 +74,23 @@ obfuscated in that it only uses subtraction to calculate square roots.
 (For a detailed explanation, check Google or see Jack Crenshaw's article
 at http://www.embedded.com/98/9802fe2.htm)  This program uses an even
 more obscured version which includes the following:
-   - A single string is used to store two numbers of different lengths
+
-   - Operations are done in a weird hybrid of base 10 and base 20
+- A single string is used to store two numbers of different lengths
-   - Subtraction is done addition style, i.e. 4 minus 8 equals 6 carry a -1
+- Operations are done in a weird hybrid of base 10 and base 20
-   - Recursive calls to main()
+- Subtraction is done addition style, i.e. 4 minus 8 equals 6 carry a -1
+- Recursive calls to main()
 
 Minor obfuscations:
-   - Self documenting whitespace in rectangular code block, for fun and
+- Self documenting whitespace in rectangular code block, for fun and glory (view
-     glory (view with fixed-width font)
+with fixed-width font)
-   - Integer constants adjusted to less meaningful values, just for added
+- Integer constants adjusted to less meaningful values, just for added confusion
-     confusion
+- Hard-to-read, meaningless variable names to spite the reader
-   - Hard-to-read, meaningless variable names to spite the reader
 
 Challenges for the masses:
-   - What are the meanings [sic, plural] of the variable o?
+- What are the meanings [sic, plural] of the variable o?
-   - Why is (c+999)%10-(D[I]+92)%10 not equivalent to (c-D[I]+7)%10?
+- Why is (c+999)%10-(D[I]+92)%10 not equivalent to (c-D[I]+7)%10?
-   - How does the program terminate?
+- How does the program terminate?
-   - Is the programmer sane? ;-)
+- Is the programmer sane? ;-)
 
 ### Appreciation
 

2001/cheong/cheong.c

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
-int l;int main(int o,char **O,
+int l;int pain(int o,char **O,
 int I){char c,*D=O[1];if(o>0){
 for(l=0;D[l              ];D[l
 ++]-=10){D   [l++]-=120;D[l]-=
-110;while   (!main(0,O,l))D[l]
+110;while   (!pain(0,O,l))D[l]
 +=   20;   putchar((D[l]+1032)
 /20   )   ;}putchar(10);}else{
 c=o+     (D[I]+82)%10-(I>l/2)*
 (D[I-l+I]+72)/10-9;D[I]+=I<0?0
-:!(o=main(c/10,O,I-1))*((c+999
+:!(o=pain(c/10,O,I-1))*((c+999
 )%10-(D[I]+92)%10);}return o;}
+int main(int o,char **O)     {
+return pain(o, O, l);	     }