Merge pull request #68 from xexyl/1988

1988/dale requires -traditional-cpp to compile

1988/dale/Makefile

@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ TARGET= ${PROG}
 ALT_OBJ=
 ALT_TARGET=
 
+# FORCE use of -traditional-cpp
+#
+CFLAGS+= -traditional-cpp
 
 #################
 # build the entry
@@ -183,6 +186,7 @@ all: data ${TARGET}
 	supernova deep_magic magic charon pluto
 
 ${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
+	@echo "NOTE: this entry requires a compiler that supports -traditional-cpp."
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LIBS}
 
 # alternative executable
@@ -190,10 +194,6 @@ ${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
 alt: data ${ALT_TARGET}
 	@${TRUE}
 
-${PROG}.orig: ${PROG}.orig.c
-	@echo "NOTE: The original source might not compile using modern compilers."
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LIBS}
-
 # data files
 #
 data: ${DATA}

1988/dale/README.md

@@ -16,24 +16,12 @@ NOTE: for modern compilers we had to change the C pre-processor lines like:
 	    #define _ define
 	    -#_ foo bar
 
-to be
+to be:
 
 	    #define foo bar
 
-Even so this entry will not compile under macOS. If we change the
-
-
-	    #define a(x)get/***/x/***/id())
-
-to
-
-
-	    #define a(x)get/***/##x##/***/id())
-
-it almost works under macOS but there will still be a compilation error. There
-need not be any other changes under linux.
-
-NOTE: this program will likely dump core.
+Even so this entry requires a compiler that supports the `-traditional-cpp`
+option.
 
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