diff --git a/1990/tbr/tbr.c b/1990/tbr/tbr.c
index 54668f404..6292b0803 100644
--- a/1990/tbr/tbr.c
+++ b/1990/tbr/tbr.c
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+int e(int x),r(int t,int o);
+#define gets(x)fgets((x),512,stdin)
+#define exit(x) exit((x)),0
 #define D ,close(
 
 char              *c,q              [512              ],m[              256
 ],*v[           99], **u,        *i[3];int         f[2],p;main       (){for
  (m[m        [60]=   m[62      ]=32   ]=m[*      m=124   [m]=       9]=6;
-  e(-8)     ,(c=fgets(q,512,stdin),(c==NULL &&(exit(0),1))||(c[strlen(c)-1]='\0'),1)||(exit(0),0);r(0,0)
+  e(-8)     ,(c=gets(q),       (c[strlen(c)-1]   ='\0'),1)||(exit(0));r(0,0)
    )for(    ;*++        c;);  }r(t,      o){    *i=i        [2]=    0;for
      (u=v  +98           ;m[*--c]         ^9;m [*c]          &32  ?i[*c
        &2]=                *u,u-             v^98              &&++u:
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 35037a478..4271c0080 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -413,9 +413,19 @@ Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh).
 Cody fixed this to work with modern compilers; `exit(3)` returns void but the
 function was used in a binary expression so this wouldn't even compile. Cody
 also changed the code to use `fgets()` instead of `gets()` so one would not get
-a warning about the use of `gets()` at linking time or execution, the latter
-case causing confusing output due to the warning being interspersed with the
-program's (which is interactive) output.
+a warning about the use of `gets()` at linking time or execution, the latter of
+which was causing confusing output due to the warning being interspersed with
+the program's interactive output.
+
+Cody later improved the fix improved so that it looks more like the original. A
+problem that usually occurs with `gets()` to `fgets()` is for 'backwards
+compatibility' (so the man page once said) `fgets()` retains the newline and
+`gets()` does not.  In this program if one does not remove the newline it breaks
+the program. This usually requires that one check that `fgets()` does not return
+NULL but with some experimenting this proved to seem to not be a problem here so
+by adding a couple macros that redefine `exit()` and `gets()` a whole binary
+expression could be removed (thus removing an extra `exit()` call) and it now
+almost looks like the same as the original.
 
 
 ## [1990/theorem](1990/theorem/theorem.c) ([README.md](1990/theorem/README.md]))