Fixes in html files of 1991

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@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@ all of the other entries this year:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="westley/index.html">Grand Prize</a> by <a href="../authors.html#Brian_Westley">Brian
Westley</a></li>
<li><a href="dds/index.html">Most Well Rounded</a> by <a href="../authors.html#Diomidis_Spinellis">Diomidis
<li><a href="dds/index.html">Most well rounded</a> by <a href="../authors.html#Diomidis_Spinellis">Diomidis
Spinellis</a></li>
<li><a href="brnstnd/index.html">Best Of Show</a> by <a href="../authors.html#Daniel_J._Bernstein">Daniel J.
<li><a href="brnstnd/index.html">Best of Show</a> by <a href="../authors.html#Daniel_J_Bernstein">Daniel J.
Bernstein</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Name and address information are separated from the actual program
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ as you are to see who has won. Even so, it is worth noting that
a winning entry for the past 5 years!</p>
<h2 id="a-few-notes-regarding-possible-changes-to-the-contest">A few notes regarding possible changes to the contest:</h2>
<p>We did not give awards to some traditional contest categories such as
“Best Layout” or “Worst Abuse of the Rules”. We felt that to do so
“<em>Best Layout</em>” or “<em>Worst Abuse of the Rules</em>”. We felt that to do so
would deny awards to more deserving entries. These categories have not
been eliminated, and will likely be considered in future years.</p>
<p>A number of entries made use of the following C pre-processor feature:</p>
@@ -428,16 +428,18 @@ Since this functionality is now available on many systems, we feel that
programs that use these are now portable enough to be valid entries.</p>
<p>We may allow programs to make use of the X Window System libs and include
files, provided that they can operate with a system running at the level
of at least X11r4. Requiring the use of imake, a specific window manager,
of at least X11r4. Requiring the use of <code>imake</code>, a specific window manager,
specific display hardware, or a specific user interface (<code>Openl**k</code>,
<code>M*tif</code>, …) is likely not to be allowed. We will provide a more detailed
explanation of our viewpoint in next year’s rules.</p>
<p>In order to encourage more ‘normal’ looking C programs, we are considering
the following change to the maximum size rule:</p>
<pre><code> Your source, not counting any &lt;space&gt;, &lt;tab&gt;, and a &lt;newline&gt; character,
and not counting any &#39;;&#39;, &#39;{&#39; and &#39;}&#39; character followed by a &lt;newline&gt;
character, must be 1536 bytes or less. The entire source, counting all
characters, be 4096 bytes or less.</code></pre>
<blockquote>
<p>Your source, not counting any <code>&lt;space&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;tab&gt;</code>, and a <code>&lt;newline&gt;</code> character, and
not counting any ‘<code>;</code>’, ‘<code>{</code>’ and ‘<code>}</code>’ character followed by a <code>&lt;newline&gt;</code> character,
must be 1536 bytes or less. The entire source, counting all characters, be 4096
bytes or less.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Some thought has been given to adding some C++ categories, however this
is not likely to happen soon. We are waiting until C++ compilers become
common place on a wide number of systems. We also need time to brace