2001/anonymous updates

Format fix in README.md.

Add cpp.c which is the C pre-processed version cleaned up and somewhat
commented as it heavily (ab)uses the ternary operator and recursion.
Probably futile but it gave me something to do even if it was a waste of
time (could have worked on other README.md files or a host of other
things). This did indeed take a long time and a lot of effort!

Updated bugs.md with more hints about this entry. I explained here how I
came up with the C pre-processed version as it involves something of a
hack because of the complicated build instructions.

Updated anonymous.ten.c: #include <stdio.h>

Added anonymous.ten rule to Makefile.

Also disabled optimising level as the author stated that this makes it
slower.

I observed that the author is anonymous and yet the author information
shows the country. I'm not sure if this is intended or not.
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@@ -1042,34 +1042,80 @@ might or might not help but he too could not get it to work.
Tips from Cody:
- Try a beautifier on the original C code.
- Use cpp to make the functions easier to parse. For instance if you're in the
directory try `cpp -E anonymous.c > anonymous.cpp` and look at that file to see
the functions. It might or might not be helpful to use cpp on the beautified
source.
- After beautifying it try changing references of the macros (where not too
complicated) to their definitions. For instance in vim you might do:
`:%s/\<l\>/int */g` and then delete the line that was changed to `#define int *
int*` (or else do a range substitute so it's not changed). You might not need
this if you use the cpp. This might be useful anyway to more easily test things.
- If your system has a `setarch` tool that might or might not be of help (I'm
not too familiar with its internals).
- The code appears to do everything from one call to `exit(3)` but it makes use
of the ternary operator and possibly the comma operator.
- Check the Makefile for the defines but also observe that those are in the
source file. It appears that the entry might try compiling as well but that's
from a quick glance.
- The original main() started like: `main (char *ck, char **k)` but we made it
compilable for clang by changing it to be: `main (int cka, char **k) { char *ck
= (char *)cka;` which might or might not be good.
- `gcc` reports an infinite recursive call of `main()`. My (Cody's) guess is
that this is the root of the problem of the crash but it might be other things.
I'm not sure how to stop this from happening. This happens before and after the
above fix for `clang`!
- Try a beautifier on the original C code. This might or might not work; see
next point.
- Use `cpp -E` (see [cpp.c](2001/anonymous/cpp.c)) and clean it up first. I
(Cody) did this for convenience though there are still macros. This is because
it was done via a hackish make rule:
cpp: ${PROG}.c
@echo "NOTE: this entry seems to no longer work."
magic='cpp ${CFLAGS} -E'; \
X='-DA(X)=#X'; \
$$magic -Dmagic= $$X "-DX=A($$magic \"$$X\")" \
$< ${LIBS} > anonymous.cpp.c
- (If beautifying) After beautifying it try changing references of the macros
(where not too complicated) to their definitions. For instance in vim you might
do: `:%s/\<l\>/int */g` and then delete the line that was changed to `#define
int * int*` (or else do a range substitute so it's not changed). You might not
need this if you use the cpp. This might be useful anyway to more easily test
things.
- If your system has a `setarch` tool that might or might not be of help (I'm
not too familiar with its internals).
- The code appears to do everything from one call to `exit(3)` but it makes use
of the ternary operator and possibly the comma operator Check the Makefile for
the defines but also observe that those are in the source file. It appears that
the entry might try compiling as well but that's from a quick glance.
- The author warns that only simple source (once compiled) would work so make
use of the provided source file
[2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c](2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c). To compile try
`make anonymous.ten` from the entry directory which you can then run the entry
on. Note that it needs to be compiled as a x86 program.
- The program will to an extent destroy files it is used on. See the author's
warning in their comments on that.
- The `Tr` macro appears (at a glance when very tired) to create another
function and when C pre-processed it seems like at least the function `L()` is
there twice. However this is actually a bit different: one is `L##i()` and the
other is `L()`. `L##i()` calls itself and `L()` calls `L##i()`. You might have luck
renaming it e.g. `Li()` instead but I (Cody) had some problems renaming some of
these functions (some but not all).
- Pray, cast a spell or just wish yourself good luck, depending on your
beliefs/personality/whatever! :-) It seems you'll need it! :-) (and also :-( )
Here are some additional warnings on different platforms:
```c
anonymous.c:12:13: warning: operation on 'P' may be undefined [-Wsequence-point]
#define I (P+=4,*L(P-4,0))
^
```
With `gdb` I determined that in the function `Runi()` appears to be NULL. I'm
not sure if this is relevant or not.
With `gdb` it appears that the crash happens with:
```
V (v@entry=<optimized out>) at anonymous.c:44
44 return E (B[v]);
```
(see [cpp.c](cpp.c)).
## [2001/bellard](2001/bellard/bellard.c) ([README.md](2001/bellard/README.md))
## STATUS: probable bug (possibly depending on system) - please help test and if necessary fix
@@ -1229,13 +1275,16 @@ it. [Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh) [wrote a little bit about
it](https://mame-github-io.translate.goog/ioccc-ja-spoilers/2001/anonymous.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp) that
might or might not help but he too could not get it to work.
Tips from Cody:
WARNING: the program will to an extent destroy files it is used on! See the
author's warning in their comments on that.
Some tips from Cody:
- Try a beautifier on the original C code.
- Use cpp to make the functions easier to parse. For instance if you're in the
directory try `cpp -E anonymous.c > anonymous.cpp` and look at that file to see
the functions. It might or might not be helpful to use cpp on the beautified
source.
source. `cc -E` might or might not be useful as well.
- After beautifying it try changing references of the macros (where not too
complicated) to their definitions. For instance in vim you might do:
`:%s/\<l\>/int */g` and then delete the line that was changed to `#define int *
@@ -1243,21 +1292,34 @@ int*` (or else do a range substitute so it's not changed). You might not need
this if you use the cpp. This might be useful anyway to more easily test things.
- If your system has a `setarch` tool that might or might not be of help (I'm
not too familiar with its internals).
- The code appears to do everything from one call to `exit(3)` but it makes use
of the ternary operator and possibly the comma operator.
- The code appears to do everything from one call to `exit(3)` which actually
calls `main()` itself (is this part of the problem? We don't know) but it makes
use of the ternary operator and possibly the comma operator (hard to parse
without much formatting that's not been done).
- Check the Makefile for the defines but also observe that those are in the
source file. It appears that the entry might try compiling as well but that's
from a quick glance.
- The original main() started like: `main (char *ck, char **k)` but we made it
compilable for clang by changing it to be: `main (int cka, char **k) { char *ck
= (char *)cka;` which might or might not be good.
- The original `main()` started like: `main (char *ck, char **k)` but we (Landon
and Cody both had the same idea but Landon made the commit before Cody could)
made it compilable for clang by changing it to be: `main (int cka, char **k) {
char *ck = (char *)cka;` which might or might not be good.
- The author warns that only simple source (once compiled) would work so make
use of the provided source file
[2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c](2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c). To compile try
`make anonymous.ten` from the entry directory which you can then run the entry
on. Note that it needs to be compiled as a x86 program.
- The program will to an extent destroy files it is used on. See the author's
warning in their comments on that.
[2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c](2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c) that Cody bug
fixed (which is necessary for it to work). To compile try `make anonymous.ten`
from the entry directory which you can then run the entry on. Note that it needs
to be compiled as a x86 program so the Makefile uses `-m32`. This will likely
not work in macOS as Apple has unfortunately made it very hard to compile 32-bit
code. With Apple's silicon chip it will be impossible as the architecture is
entirely incompatible. We don't know if the original program needs to be 32-bit
compiled nowadays but since the author said it can run on other platforms we
have **NOT** made it use `-m32`. We give instructions on how to compile
[anonymous.ten](2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c) without specifying 32-bit, in
the Makefile, when trying to compile it.
Cody also recommends that one try breaking apart the `exit()` called in `E`
which calls `main()` call and if possible breaking `main()` into more than one
function (this might not be possible) into several.
## [2001/bellard](2001/bellard/bellard.c) ([README.md](2001/bellard/README.md))