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@@ -71,29 +71,28 @@ instance, in this paragraph, the vowel which immediately follows
entire novel (E. V. Wright's "Gadsby") in which no word contains
the letter 'e'.
The IOCCC has been no stranger to this concept. Several winning
entries from years past have accomplished interesting feats while
completely avoiding the use of certain C constructs thought to
be essential (e.g. 1988's robison.c). If you have to ask why they
would do it this way, then this contest just isn't for you.
The IOCCC has been no stranger to this concept. Several winning entries from
years past have accomplished interesting feats while completely avoiding the use
of certain C constructs thought to be essential (e.g. 1988's
[robison.c](//1988/robison/robison.c)). If you have to ask why they would do it
this way, then this contest just isn't for you.
In continuing with this fine tradition, this program suggests to
the ANSI committee some new practical simplifications for the C
language. For instance, it appears that CONDITIONAL BRANCHING isn't
really necessary. So, we can do away with while, do...while, for,
if/else, switch, ?:, or anything else that might cause any kind of
nondeterministic jump in the code. There's too much uncertainty
in the world anyway.
In continuing with this fine tradition, this program suggests to the ANSI
committee some new practical simplifications for the C language. For instance,
it appears that CONDITIONAL BRANCHING isn't really necessary. So, we can do
away with `while`, `do...while`, `for`, `if`/`else`, `switch`, `?:`, or anything
else that might cause any kind of nondeterministic jump in the code. There's
too much uncertainty in the world anyway.
Function parameters and return types just confuse people anyway, so
get rid of them. Same with local variables. In fact, all you really
need are assignment statements, and maybe one printf() and one goto.
need are assignment statements, and maybe one `printf()` and one `goto`.
This style of programming is also ideal for systems with limited
memory capacity, since the function call stack never goes beyond
a depth of one.
So what does it do? Give it an integer (1 < n < 27) on the command
So what does it do? Give it an integer `(1 < n < 27)` on the command
line, such as
```sh
@@ -102,12 +101,12 @@ line, such as
The output will itself be a lipographic program, one which inputs
(in this case) five numbers and prints them out sorted. It sorts
them, however, using only "if/else" statements, without arrays or
them, however, using only `if/else` statements, without arrays or
looping. To see the resulting program run, redirect the output from
`schnitzi` into another file, like this
```sh
schnitzi 4 > sort.c
./schnitzi 4 > sort.c
```
and then compile it.