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Fixes in html files in 1986/marshall

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This includes the compilers.html and index.html file.

I also threw in a slight formatting change in the thanks file.
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Cody Boone Ferguson committed 2024-11-04 06:27:23 -08:00
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compilers and systems. See below and [compilers.html](compilers.html) for details.
There is an [alternate version](#alternate-code). The reason is a funny problem:
in modern systems, depending on the platform, compiler and the optimiser, it
would work with one compiler with the optimiser but it would not work with the
other; and if the optimiser state is changed the previous problematic compiler
might work but the other one would not. We describe this in more detail in
[compilers.html](compilers.html) and we encourage you to read it for entertainment
if nothing else.
in modern systems, depending on the platform, compiler and whether or not the
optimiser is enabled, it might work with one compiler but non the other. But
then if you swap the optimiser state the compiler that worked would no longer
work and the compiler that did not work would. We describe this in more detail
in [compilers.html](compilers.html) and we encourage you to read it for
entertainment if nothing else.
## To use:
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## Alternate code:
Due to the different [conflicting problems](compilers.html) with `gcc` and
`clang`, we
instead offer the problematic code as an alternate version whereas
[marshall.c](%%REPO_URL%%/1986/marshall/marshall.c) has both the infinite loop and the complicated arg to
`_exit()` commented out, changing the value passed into `_exit()` to `1`.
`clang`, we offer the problematic code as an alternate version whereas
[marshall.c](%%REPO_URL%%/1986/marshall/marshall.c) has both the loop (that
turned into an infinite loop) commented out and the complicated arg to `_exit(2)`
commented out, changing the value passed into `_exit()` to `1`.
### Alternate build:
To see if your compiler has the problems noted:
To see if your compiler has the problems noted above and in
[compilers.html](compilers.html), first build the alternate code:
``` <!---sh-->
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### Alternate use:
Once the alternate code is built, see if your compiler has the problem:
``` <!---sh-->
./marshall.alt
```
Does it work in your system? That is does it not segfault, does it print it only
once and does it not enter an infinite loop? Or more generally does it print the
text exactly once and then exit?
Does it work in your system? That is does it print the text only once and does
it not enter an infinite loop? In other words, does it print the text _exactly
once_ and then exit, without dumping core?
## Judges' remarks: