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# Best visuals
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Mark Isaak
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Imagen Corporation
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2650 San Tomas Expy.
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Santa Clara, CA
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95052-8101
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US
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Mark Isaak<br>
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US
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## To build:
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make all
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```
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There is an alternate version, the original, that can't be compiled in modern
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systems but can be if you have an old enough compiler. See [Alternate
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code](#alternate-code) below.
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## To run:
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```sh
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```
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This works on some systems. Why? Note that `#include <stdio.h>` is given on
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the last line. Why is this needed? Note the unusual calls to sprintf.
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the last line. Why is this needed? Note the unusual calls to `sprintf(3)`.
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This version also relied on being able to define `#define` to something else and
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using that macro for `#define`. This version will not likely work on modern
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systems if you can even get it to compile.
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using that macro for `#define`.
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This version will not likely work on modern systems if you can even get it to
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compile.
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#### To build:
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```sh
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make alt
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```
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Use `isaak.alt` as you would `isaak` above.
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## Judges' remarks:
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NOTE: The program relies heavily on ASCII. Don't even think of running it on
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an EBCDIC machine. If you named the file anything other than [isaak.c](isaak.c),
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you had to change the `#include` on line 6. This limitation has been fixed by
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using the `__FILE__` macro.
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The program relies heavily on ASCII. Don't even think of running it on
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an EBCDIC machine.
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### Historical notes about the original entry:
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NOTE: If you named the file anything other than [isaak.c](isaak.c), you had to
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change the `#include` on line 6. This limitation has been fixed by using the
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`__FILE__` macro.
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NOTE: The use of null comments to separate macros to construct different tokens
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from a single macro (e.g., `"O/**/O"` creates either `++` or `--` by defining
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`O` to be `+` or `-`) may cause some strict ANSI C preprocessors to object.
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NOTE: Most System V machines were not be able to execute this program correctly
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due to the fact that BSD style systems have an sprintf() that returns a `char *`.
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Due to the above problems, we placed the output of this program in the file:
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isaak.encode. To read this file do:
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due to the fact that BSD style systems have an `sprintf(3)` that returns a `char
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*`. Due to the above problems, we placed the output of this program in the
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file: isaak.encode. To read this file do.
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```sh
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uudecode < isaak.encode
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```
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Since this was fixed, this file is not strictly necessary. See the
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[isaak.orig.c](isaak.orig.c) for the original source.
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[isaak.alt.c](isaak.alt.c) for the original source.
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FYI: We are likely to be more strict about portability in the future.
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