diff --git a/thanks-for-help.html b/thanks-for-help.html index 935cea2b8..4c43391a4 100644 --- a/thanks-for-help.html +++ b/thanks-for-help.html @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ with the original (might need you to press a key though this is not known for sure).
Cody also added the gentab.c file, fixed to compile
(and work, though see bugs.html) with modern systems
-and so that it would create the proper array (it had unbalanced ’}’s), which the
+and so that it would create the proper array (it had unbalanced }s), which the
author noted in their remarks (which Cody also found). As this file uses the old
header file a.out.h that is not available in all modern systems, Cody found a
copy of it as to what it should have been at the time, in the fabulous Unix
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Ironically this fix was discovered through Linux!
NOTE: originally this entry did not print a newline prior to returning to the
shell, after the output (despite having \n in the string - can you figure out
why?) but to make it more friendly to users Cody made it print a \n prior to
-returning to the shell. The original version does not have this change.
Cody, out of abundance of caution, added a second arg to main() because some
versions of clang object to the number of args of main(), saying that it must
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ be 0, 2 or 3. The version this has been observed in does not actually object to
1 arg but it is entirely possible that this changes so a second arg (that’s not
needed and is unused) has been added just in case.
Cody also added the script primes.sh which allows one
-to check the output for the first N prime numbers of the output, where N is
-either the default or user specified. The inspiration was the previous ‘try’
+to check the output for the first N prime numbers of the output, where N is
+either the default or user specified. The inspiration was the previous try
command he gave to have fun with finding primes that might seem unusual in a
way.
Cody also added the try.sh script (which calls
-primes.sh whether primes(6) is installed or not but it only does it once
-with the default value).
Cody also added the try.sh script (which calls primes.sh
+whether primes(6) is installed or not, but it only does it once with the
+default value).
Cody fixed this to compile with modern compilers. In the past one could get away
with defining some macro to #define and then use #foo to have the same
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index 047768ee0..0b37cb6f8 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ sure).
Cody also added the [gentab.c](1984/mullender/gentab.c) file, fixed to compile
(and work, though see [bugs.html](#1984mullender-readmemd)) with modern systems
-and so that it would create the proper array (it had unbalanced '}'s), which the
+and so that it would create the proper array (it had unbalanced `}`s), which the
author noted in their remarks (which Cody also found). As this file uses the old
header file `a.out.h` that is not available in all modern systems, Cody found a
copy of it as to what it should have been at the time, in the fabulous [Unix
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Ironically this fix was discovered through Linux!
NOTE: originally this entry did not print a newline prior to returning to the
shell, after the output (despite having `\n` in the string - can you figure out
why?) but to make it more friendly to users Cody made it print a `\n` prior to
-returning to the shell. The original version does not have this change.
+returning to the shell. The original code does not have this change.
## [1985/august](1985/august/august.c) ([index.html](1985/august/index.html))
@@ -187,14 +187,14 @@ be 0, 2 or 3. The version this has been observed in does not actually object to
needed and is unused) has been added just in case.
Cody also added the script [primes.sh](1985/august/primes.sh) which allows one
-to check the output for the first N prime numbers of the output, where N is
-either the default or user specified. The inspiration was the previous 'try'
+to check the output for the first `N` prime numbers of the output, where `N` is
+either the default or user specified. The inspiration was the previous `try`
command he gave to have fun with finding primes that might seem unusual in a
way.
-Cody also added the [try.sh](1985/august/try.sh) script (which calls
-`primes.sh` whether `primes(6)` is installed or not but it only does it once
-with the default value).
+Cody also added the [try.sh](1985/august/try.sh) script (which calls `primes.sh`
+whether `primes(6)` is installed or not, but it only does it once with the
+default value).
## [1985/lycklama](1985/lycklama/lycklama.c) ([index.html](1985/lycklama/index.html]))