Merge pull request #1174 from xexyl/1989-westley-alt

1988/dale/README.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ behaviour?
 ./dale "$(printf "the following files exist in this directory:\n%s\n" *)"
 ```
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 If you have an old enough compiler you can try the original version in
 [dale.alt.c](dale.alt.c). To use:

1989/westley/Makefile

@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ= ver0.o ver1.o ver2.o ver3.o
+ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
-ALT_TARGET= ver0 ver1 ver2 ver3
+ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
 
 
 #################

1989/westley/README.md

@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@ US\
 make all
 ```
 
+### Bugs and (Mis)features
+
+This entry a listed in [bugs.md](/bugs.md) as:
+
+```
+STATUS: main() function args not allowed - please help us fix
+STATUS: known bug - please help us fix
+```
+
+For more detailed information see [bugs.md](/bugs.md#1989westley-readmemd).
 
-NOTE: this entry only partly works with clang and only some versions of clang,
-due to defects in the compiler. See [bugs.md](/bugs.md) for more details.
 
 ## Try:
 
@@ -51,20 +59,39 @@ Finally try:
 ```sh
 ./westley
 # input some lines of text, sending EOF (usually ctrl-d) to end
+
+echo IOCCC | ./westley
+echo IOCCC | ./westley 1
+echo IOCCC | ./westley 1 2
+echo IOCCC | ./westley 1 2 3
+
 echo IOCCC | ./ver0
 echo Version 1 | ./ver1
 echo Version 2 | ./ver2
 echo Version 3 | ./ver3
 ```
 
+## Alternate code:
 
-### INAFIAB - it's not a feature it's a bug :-(
+The alternate code allows SOME of the features to work with clang but some of
+the code it generates (see [compile.sh](compile.sh), which does not use this
+version) is not compilable even in gcc let alone clang.  Nevertheless the main
+feature should work for clang.
 
-There might have been a segfault that was fixed in the original code but as we
+### To build:
-no longer know what condition or conditions caused this we cannot be sure. It
+
-seems like, according to various files, that `ver1` and/or `ver2` also have this
+```sh
-problem but we also do not know about the status of this. See
+make alt
-[bugs.md](/bugs.md) for more information.
+```
+
+### Try:
+
+```sh
+echo IOCCC | ./westley.alt
+echo IOCCC | ./westley.alt 1
+echo IOCCC | ./westley.alt 1 2
+echo IOCCC | ./westley.alt 1 2 3
+```
 
 
 

1989/westley/compile.sh

@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 #
 #	CC=/opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-12 ./compile.sh	
 #
-# We sleep (by default) for approximately 1 second after each command so that
+# If you wish to slow down the script you can use the DELAY variable like:
-# the you can read what is being done. If this is too fast you can change it in
-# a similar way to the above but using the variable DELAY like so:
 #
 #	DELAY=2 ./compile.sh
 #
@@ -36,11 +34,11 @@ if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # get sleep duration
-# we cannot use the form '${DELAY:=5}' because at least in some versions of bash
+# we cannot use the form '${DELAY:=0}' because at least in some versions of bash
 # it tries to invoke the command and obviously that won't work. Thus we check if
 # it's empty before setting the default.
 if [[ -z "$DELAY" ]]; then
-    DELAY=2
+    DELAY=0
 fi
 
 # make clobber to make the directory clean and then compile westley which we

1989/westley/westley.alt.c

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+/**//*/};)/**/main(/*//**/tang 	  ,gnat/**//*/,ABBA~,0-0(avnz;)0-0,tang,raeN
+,ABBA(niam&&)))2-]--tang-[kri	  - =raeN(&&0<)/*clerk*/,noon,raeN)char
+**gnat, **noon, **raeN;{int	gn = gnat, ra = raeN, no = noon; (!tang&&
+no!=-1&&(gn&2)&&((raeN&&(	getchar(no+0)))||(1-ra&&(trgpune(no
+)))))||tang&&znva(/*//**/tang   ,tang,tang/**|**//*/((||)))0(enupgrt=raeN
+(&&tang!(||)))0(rahcteg=raeN(  &&1==tang((&&1-^)gnat=raeN(;;;)tang,gnat
+,ABBA,0(avnz;)gnat:46+]552&)191+gnat([kri?0>]652%)191+gnat([kri=gnat
+(&&)1-^gnat(&&)1& ABBA(!;)raeN,tang,gnat,ABBA(avnz&&0>ABBA{)raeN
+,/**/);}znva(/*//**/tang,gnat,ABBA/**//*/(niam;}1-,78-,611-,321
+-,321-,001-,64-,43-,801-,001-,301-,321-,511-,53-,54,44,34,24
+,14,04,93,83,73,63,53,43,33,85,75,65,55,45,35,25,15,05,94,84
+,74,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,/**/){ABBA='N'==65;(ABBA&&(gnat=trgpune
+(0)))||(!ABBA&&(gnat=getchar(0-0)));(--tang&1)&&(gnat='n'<=
+gnat&&gnat<='z'||'a'<=gnat&&gnat<='m'||'N'<=gnat&&gnat<='Z'
+||'A'<=gnat&&gnat<='M'?(((gnat&/*//**/31/**//*/,21,11,01,9,8
+,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,62,52,42,/**/)+12)%26)+(gnat&/*//**/32/**//*/,
+22,12,02,91,81,71,61,51,41{=]652[kri};)/*pry*/)+65:gnat);main
+(/*//**\**/tang^tang/**//*/,/*	   */,~/*//*-*/tang,gnat,ABBA-
+0/**//*/(niam&&ABBA||))))tang(       rahcteg&&1-1=<enrA(||))tang(
+enupgrt&&1==enrA((&&)2&gnat(&&	     )1-^tang(&&ABBA!(;)85- =tang
+(&&)'a\'=gnat(&&)1-==gnat(&&)4	      ==ABBA(&&tang!;))))0(enupgrt=
+ gnat(&&)tang!((||)))0(rahcteg        =gnat(&&tang((&&ABBA;;)1-'A'=!
+'Z'=tang(&&ABBA{)enrA/***/);gnat	^-1&&znva(tang+1,gnat,1+gnat); 
+ main(ABBA&2/*//*\\**/,tang,gnat	,ABBA/**//*/(avnz/**/);}/*//**/

1989/westley/westley.c

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 
 /**//*/};)/**/main(/*//**/tang 	  ,gnat/**//*/,ABBA~,0-0(avnz;)0-0,tang,raeN
-,ABBA(niam&&)))2-]--tang-[kri	  - =raeN(&&0<)/*clerk*/,noon,raeN)char
+,ABBA(niam&&)))2-]--tang-[kri	  - =raeN(&&0<)/*clerk*/,noon,raeN){(!tang&&
-**gnat, **noon, **raeN;{int	gn = gnat, ra = raeN, no = noon; (!tang&&
+noon!=-1&&(gnat&2)&&((raeN&&(    getchar(noon+0)))||(1-raeN&&(trgpune(noon
-no!=-1&&(gn&2)&&((raeN&&(	getchar(no+0)))||(1-ra&&(trgpune(no
 )))))||tang&&znva(/*//**/tang   ,tang,tang/**|**//*/((||)))0(enupgrt=raeN
 (&&tang!(||)))0(rahcteg=raeN(  &&1==tang((&&1-^)gnat=raeN(;;;)tang,gnat
 ,ABBA,0(avnz;)gnat:46+]552&)191+gnat([kri?0>]652%)191+gnat([kri=gnat

1990/baruch/README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 # Best Small Program
 
 Baruch Nissenbaum\
-Tel-Aviv University\
-The Faculty of Engineering\
-Tel-Aviv\
 Israel
 
 Doron Osovlanski\
-CADTECH - CAD/CAM Systems Ltd\
-24 Ben-Yosef St.\
-Givat-Shmuel   51905\
 Israel
 
 ## To build:
@@ -59,7 +53,7 @@ Use `baruch.alt` as you would `baruch`.
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
-This program reads an integer between 4 and 99 from the stdin.
+This program reads an integer between 4 and 99 from the `stdin`.
 
 NOTE: The original program did not have a newline at the end of the file.  We
 added a final newline to the file to make unpacking easy.
@@ -95,7 +89,7 @@ long enough..
 
 ### For PC users:
 
-In order to compile the program under Turbo-C or MSC,  `'int '` should be inserted
+In order to compile the program under Turbo-C or MSC,  `int ` should be inserted
 at the beginning of the program.  For better looking results it is recommended
 to replace the `" #Q"` string with `" \261\2"`.
 

1993/lmfjyh/README.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ If you have gcc < 2.3.3 (i.e. the entry can compile):
 ```
 
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 To use:
 

1995/garry/README.md

@@ -35,13 +35,28 @@ judges noted that the C pre-processed version (with the `#include`s
 left intact) looked very much like a rat "dropping core".  See
 [garry.alt.c](garry.alt.c) and judge for yourself!
 
-To use try:
+#### To build:
+
 
 ```sh
 make alt
 ```
 
-Use `garry.alt` as you would `garry` above.
+#### To use:
+
+```sh
+./garry.alt <input_file >output_file
+```
+
+#### Try:
+
+```sh
+
+GARRY=garry.alt ./garry.test.sh
+
+./garry.alt < README.md
+```
+
 
 
 ## Judges' remarks:

1995/garry/garry.test.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 #
-# garry.test - example of how to use garry
+# garry.test.sh - example of how to use garry
 
 EXAMPLEON="\33\133\61\73\67\155"
 EXAMPLEOFF="\33\133\155"
 DOLLAR="$"
 export EXAMPLEON EXAMPLEOFF DOLLAR
 
+# make sure code is built, first
+make all || exit 1
+
 ./garry <garry.data

1995/vanschnitz/README.md

@@ -31,16 +31,18 @@ make clobber all LEVEL=6
 The authors provided a spoiler version of the program. Originally uuencoded we
 have decoded it for the wider audience in [spoiler.c](spoiler.c). The
 `uuencode`d blob is still available in their remarks below. They encourage you
-to first try and figure it out without it.
+to first try and figure out the program without the spoiler.
 
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
-Warning: in the past, values of LEVEL>8 have been known to cause compilers (and
+Back in 1995, values of `LEVEL>8` caused some compilers (and in one case a
-in one case a system) to crash during compilation. We tested it in 2023 on a
+system) to crash during compilation. In 2023 with modern systems this is not
-MacBook Pro with the M1 chip and found that LEVEL > 6 caused problems.
+really a problem.
+
+Back in 1995 we also suggested that for a bad/slow time to try `LEVEL=15` but
+this is not a big deal in 2023 either.
 
-For a bad/slow time try LEVEL=15.
 
 ## Authors' remarks:
 

2004/arachnid/README.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ QWERTY keyboards.  Rogue players, vi users, and Dvorak typists are
 invited to get lost (or use the alt version)!
 
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 To use:
 

2004/hoyle/README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ make
 ./hoyle 2 0 1 0 -0.001
 ```
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 An alternate version of this entry, [hoyle.alt.c](hoyle.alt.c), is provided.
 This alternate code has a missing newline and used a non-standard tab stop size.

2004/kopczynski/README.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ What happens if you feed the program source to the program? Can you figure out
 why?
 
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 The judges modified the program to print its result.  The original
 program returned the result as an exit code:

2012/endoh2/find-font-table.rb

@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ u, v, d, s = find_params(fonts)
 puts "Found."
 puts
 puts "Let s = %p." % s
-puts "You can get the font data of dicimal character 'n' (0--9):"
+puts "You can get the font data of decimal character 'n' (0--9):"
 puts "  %d * s[n+10] - %d * s[n] - %d" % [u, v, d]

2012/grothe/grothe.orig.c

@@ -2,26 +2,31 @@
 #include<stdlib.h>
 #include<ctype.h>
 
-int u,z,q[0400],O[0x101],o[0401],I[257],w[258][0403],W[0x100],Z[0x103],c[0403],k
+static const int x[010][8]={{01,02,04,0x8,020,32,0x40,128,},{02,03,0x8,12,32,48,
-,i,j,n,l,p,m;const char*J[0416],*M[0400];FILE*K[280],*s[0x102];void f(char*n,int
+128,192,},{04,0x8,06,11,64,128,96,176,},{0x8,12,11,13,128,192,176,208,},{020,32,
-a){char*e=n;while(*e!='\0'){if(tolower((int)*e)!=*e)fputc(040,stderr);fputc((*e)
+64,128,24,44,75,141,},{32,48,128,192,44,52,141,198,},{64,128,96,0260,75,141,103,
--a,stderr);e+=1;}(void)fputc('\n',stderr);}int y(int a,int b);int t(int i,int j)
+185,},{0200,192,176,208,0x8D,0306,0271,0xDE,},};static int u,z,q[0400],O[0x101],
-{int k=i&j,l=i^j,n,m=1;for(n=1;k>=n;n<<=1)if(k&n)m=y(m,1<<n|1<<(n-1));return m>1
+o[0401],I[257],w[258][0403],W[0x100],Z[0x103],c[0403],k,i,j,n,l,p,m;static const
-?y(m,1<<l):1<<l;}int y(int a,int b){int n,i=0x0,j;if((n=w[a][b]))return n;for(;a
+char*J[0416],*M[0400];static FILE *K[280],*s[0x102];static void f(char *n,int a)
->>i;++i)for(j=0x0;b>>j;j++)if(((a>>i)&1)&&((b>>j)&1))n^=t(i,j);return w[a][b]=w[
+{char *e=n;while(*e!='\0'){if(tolower((int)*e)!=*e)(void)fputc(040,stderr);fputc
-b][a]=n;}void a(void){for(i=0;i<z;i++){n=0;if(!i[I]){for(j=0;j<u;++j)if(i[O]==q[
+((*e)-a,stderr);e+=1;}(void)fputc('\n',stderr);}static int y(int a,int b){int n=
-j])n=Z[j];}else for(j=0;j<u;j++)n^=w[Z[j]][w[I[i]][W[w[o[j]][O[i]^q[j]]]]];c[i]=
+0,i=0x0,j;for(;a>>i;++i)for(j=0x0;b>>j;j++)if(((a>>i)&1)&&((b>>j)&1))n^=x[i][j];
-n;}}void X(int v,int u){char*y=0;v-=1;switch(v){case(0x2):y ="HckngfVqQrgpKprwv"
+return n;}static void a(void){for(i=0;i<z;i++){n=0;if(!i[I]){for(j=0;j<u;++j)if(
-"Hkng"; BC(4):y="JempihXsStirMrtyxJmpi"; BC(0):y="PointValueTooLarge"; BC 0x1:y=
+i[O]==q[j])n=Z[j];}else for(j=0;j<u;j++)n^=w[Z[j]][w[I[i]][W[w[o[j]][O[i]^q[j]]]
-"EvqmjdbufJoqvuQpjou";BC(6):y="TuOtv{zLorky";BC(3):y="WrrPdq|RxwsxwSrlqwv";BC(5)
+]];c[i]=n;}}static void X(int v,int u){char*y;v-=_STDIO_H;switch(v){case(0x2):y=
-:y="GfiFwlzrjsyX~syf}"; BC(07):y="UvV|{w|{Mpslz";}if(u)exit(0); f(y,v);exit(1);}
+"H""c""k""ngfVqQrgpKprwvHkng";break;case(4):y="J""e""m""p""ih""XsStirMrtyxJmpi";
-int main(int t,const char*T[]){for(i=00;i<0x100;++i)for(j=0;j<=i;++j)if(1==y(i,j
+break;case(EXIT_SUCCESS):y="P""o""i""ntValueTooLarge";break;case 0x1:y="E""v""q"
-))W[i]=j,W[j]=i;for(k=0x1;k<t;k++){p=0;for(l=0;(T[k][l]>=toupper('0'))&&(T[k][l]
+"m""j""d""b""u""f""J""o""q""v""u""Q""p""j""o""u";break;case(6):y="T""u""O""t""v"
-<=tolower('9'));l++){p=p*10+(T[k][l]-'0');if(p>=256)X(1,0);}if(T[k][l]=='-'){for
+"{""z""L""o""r""k""y";break;case(3):y="WrrPdq|Rx""w""sx" "wSrlqwv";break;case(5)
-(m=0;m<u;m++)if(q[m]==p)X(2,0);q[u]=p;J[u]=T[k]+l+1;K[u]=fopen(J[u],"r");if(!u[K
+:y="GfiFwlzrjsyX~syf}";break;case(07):y="U""v""V""|""{""w""|""{""M""p""s""l""z";
-])X(3,0);u++;}else if(T[k][l]=='+'){if(z>=256)X(4,0); O[z]=p;M[z]=T[k]+l+1;s[z]=
+}if(u)exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);f(y,v);exit(EXIT_FAILURE);}int main(int t,const char*T[
-fopen(M[z],"w");if(!s[z])X(5,0);z++;}else X(6,0);}if(!(u!=0))X(7,0);if(!(z!= 0))
+]){for(i=00;i<0x100;++i)for(j=0;j<=0xff;++j)w[i][j]=y(i,j);W[0]=0;for(i=1;i<256;
-X(8,0);for(i=0;i<u;i++){n=1;for(j=0;j<u; j+=1)if(j!=i)n=w[n][q[i]^q[j]];o[i]=n;}
+i+=1){for(j=1;w[i][j]!=1;j+=1);i[W]=j;}for(k=0x1;k<t;k++){p=0;for(l=0;(T[k][l]>=
-for(i=0;i<z;i++){n=1;for(j=0;j<u;j++)n=w[n][O[i]^q[j]];I[i]=n;}while(!(0)){for(k
+toupper('0'))&&(T[k][l]<=tolower('9'));l++){p=p*10+(T[k][l]-'0');if(p>=256)X(1,0
-=0;k<u;k++){int n;n=getc(K[k]); if(n==EOF)X(42,1); Z[k]=n;}a();for(k=0;k<z;k++)(
+);}if(T[k][l]=='-'){for(m=0;m<u;m++)if(q[m]==p)X(2,0);q[u]=p;J[u]=T[k]+l+1;K[u]=
-void)putc(c[k],s[k]);}X(11,1);}
+fopen(J[u],"r");if(!u[K])X(3,0);u++;}else if(T[k][l]=='+'){if(z>=256)X(4,0);O[z]
+=p;M[z]=T[k]+l+1;s[z]=fopen(M[z],"w");if(!s[z])X(5,0);z++;}else X(6,0);}if(!(u!=
+0))X(7,0);if(!(z!=0))X(8,0);for(i=0;i<u;i++){n=1;for(j=0;j<u;j+=1)if(j!=i)n=w[n]
+[q[i]^q[j]];o[i]=n;}for(i=0;i<z;i++){n=1;for(j=0;j<u;j++)n=w[n][O[i]^q[j]];I[i]=
+n;}while(!(0)){for(k=0;k<u;k++){int n;n=getc(K[k]);if(n==EOF)X(42,1);Z[k]=n;}a()
+;for(k=0;k<z;k++)(void)putc(c[k],s[k]);}X(11,1);}

2012/kang/README.md

@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ echo "full spelling of an English cardinal numeral less than a quadrillion" | ./
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-echo Nineteen hundred and eighty-four | ./kang
+./try.sh # try various languages
-echo uno | ./kang
-echo trois | ./kang
-echo fier | ./kang # notice the issue here, see alternate code instead
-echo "shest'" | ./kang
 
 ./en.sh # English 0 through 13
 
@@ -42,8 +38,11 @@ How does it have no `u` or `o` in a string in the source code and yet it gets
 
 This alternate code fixes the program that would throw off those who know German
 where the sound of 'V' is 'F' and so the program had the letter be 'F'. A
-problem, however, with changing it is that it breaks other words. Thus there is
+problem, however, with changing it is that it breaks other words including in
-the alternate version instead which fixes the problem.
+German. Thus there is the alternate version instead which fixes a problem for
+Germans that causes other problems for Germans so if you're German you'll just
+have to deal with it :-) It is, however, good as you can appreciate the entry
+even more.
 
 #### To build:
 
@@ -58,12 +57,12 @@ echo vier | ./kang.alt
 echo uno | ./kang.alt
 ```
 
-#### Also try:
+#### Try:
 
 
 ```sh
-KANG=kang.alt ./de.sh # German 0 through 13 both with and without umlaut
+./de.alt.sh # German 0 through 13 both with and without umlaut
-KANG=kang.alt ./en.sh # English 0 through 13
+./en.alt.sh # English 0 through 13
 ```
 
 What does it get right? What does it get wrong? How does it compare to the
@@ -83,6 +82,19 @@ colloquial year numbers of the last millennium.
 
 We've added a linefeed to the print format for convenience.
 
+Can you explain why:
+
+```sh
+echo f hundr|./kang
+```
+
+correctly reports 500 but:
+
+```sh
+echo hundr|./kang
+```
+
+does not report 100, instead printing 0?
 
 ## Author's remarks:
 

2012/kang/de.alt.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 
+# run 2012/kang with German words for 0 through 13
+#
+# For five, fünf, it uses both ue and umlaut (ü) form, and for twelve, zwölf, it
+# uses both oe and ö.
+#
+# What does it get right and what does it get wrong? Why does it get what it
+# gets wrong wrong?
+
+make everything || exit 1
+
+# set up path to program if not set
+if [[ -z "$KANG" ]]; then
+    KANG="kang.alt"
+fi
+
+# first set up translation (for those who don't know German):
+declare -a NUMBERS
+j=0
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13; do
+    NUMBERS["$j"]="$i";
+    ((j++))
+done
+
+
+j=0
+for i in Null eins zwei drei vier fünf fuenf sechs sieben acht neun zehn elf zwoelf zwölf dreizehn ; \
+do
+    echo -n "$i (${NUMBERS[$j]}): "
+	echo "$i"|"./$KANG"
+	((j++))
+done

2012/kang/en.alt.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 
+# run 2012/kang with English words for 1 through 13
+#
+# What does it get right and what does it get wrong? Why does it get what it
+# gets wrong wrong?
+
+make everything || exit 1
+
+# set up path to program if not set
+if [[ -z "$KANG" ]]; then
+    KANG="kang.alt"
+fi
+
+declare -a NUMBERS
+j=0
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13; do
+    NUMBERS["$j"]="$i";
+    ((j++))
+done
+
+j=0
+for i in zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen ; \
+do
+    echo -n "$i (${NUMBERS[$j]}): "
+    echo "$i"|"./$KANG"
+    ((j++))
+done

2012/kang/try.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+make everything || exit 1
+
+echo "$ echo Nineteen hundred and eighty-four | ./kang"
+echo Nineteen hundred and eighty-four | ./kang
+
+echo "$ echo uno | ./kang"
+echo uno | ./kang
+
+echo "$ echo trois | ./kang"
+echo trois | ./kang
+
+echo "$ echo fier | ./kang # notice the issue here, see alternate code instead"
+echo fier | ./kang # notice the issue here, see alternate code instead
+
+echo "$ echo \"shest'\" | ./kang"
+echo "shest'" | ./kang

2012/konno/README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ NOTE: N is an integer from 0 to 255.
 ./konno 30
 ```
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 An alternate version of this entry, [konno.alt.c](konno.alt.c), is provided.
 This alternate code is an unobfuscated version of the winning code.

2012/zeitak/README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ try [incorrect.c](incorrect.c) and the program itself.
 NOTE: it prints an error and exits on the first nesting error so it will not
 detect multiple issues!
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 An alternate version of this entry, [zeitak.alt.c](zeitak.alt.c), is provided.
 The file [zeitak.alt.c](zeitak.alt.c) provides a version that has been slightly

2015/duble/README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ DRAFT=1 ./prog < prog.c
 ./prog < prog.c
 ```
 
-## Alternate code
+## Alternate code:
 
 An alternate version of this entry, prog.alt.c, is provided.  This alternate
 code is discussed below in the "prog.c vs prog.alt.c" section of the Author's

2015/howe/README.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cp war-and-peace.txt nuked.tmp
 ./avgtime.sh 100 ./prog war-and-peace.txt nuked.tmp
 ```
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 An alternate version of this entry, `prog.alt.c`, is provided.
 This alternate code does not use a 64 bit FNV hash.

2020/kurdyukov1/README.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ echo IOCCC | ./prog
 ./prog < prog.x86_64.asm
 ```
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 An even smaller alternate version of this entry, prog.alt.c, is provided.  This code does not contain any headers, nor any workaround for WIN32 based platforms.
 

2020/kurdyukov3/README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo International Obfuscated C Code Contest | ./prog
 ./prog < input.txt
 ```
 
-### Alternate code
+### Alternate code:
 
 There is an alternate version of this code in `prog.alt.c` where the main code is a macro.
 

bugs.md

@@ -568,26 +568,22 @@ numbers with non-binary digits.
 ## [1989/westley](1989/westley/westley.c) ([README.md](1989/westley/README.md))
 ### STATUS: main() function args not allowed - please help us fix
 
-Although [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this for
+This entry is a big problem for clang due to the way it is designed. Earlier a
-some of the versions that are generated (see below tip) it will not work for all
+change was made to let it compile with clang but although it appeared to work
-with the clang compiler (gcc works fine) and in some versions of clang it will
+with gcc, all generated versions (see the README.md for details), this was
-not work at all due to yet another defect (see below also).
+either a mistake or it no longer does.
+
+Thus the original was copied and this does not work at all in clang. It is very
+easy to get the first one or two to work with clang but the others result in
+compilation failures even besides clang.
+
+The problems with clang is that it does not allow `int` for any arg in `main()`
+except the first one, argc, and some versions of clang do not even allow a
+fourth arg at all (0, 2 or 3 args only).
 
 Cody noted that trying to fix it in some cases causes a segfault and in other
 cases it fails to generate some of the files (others are okay) at all (empty
-files).
+files). These changes were never committed.
-
-There is another change that was thought up on 08 July 2023 which allows for
-another version to be compiled with clang but it causes some of the versions to
-not be correctly generated (whereas the current way does generate all files but
-is not compilable with clang) so for now this is not in. If it is put in it will
-be an alternate version.
-
-Some versions of clang have an additional defect where in additional to forcing
-the args of `main()` to be of type `int` (for first arg) and the rest to be
-`char **` it also does not allow a fourth arg to main(). This in fact is part of
-the change thought up on 08 July 2023: main() calls a function which has the old
-types of variables.
 
 Cody gives these tips on the problem: `main()`'s second, third and fourth args
 (but on fourth arg see above) are supposed to be a `char **`. This didn't use to
@@ -597,10 +593,14 @@ to decrypt the function `znva` to be main in _generated files_ (see the
 [README.md](1989/westley/README.md) for details).
 
 Since that function does not have the correct types when converted to main() it
-fails to compile.  But as he said changing the type causes either a segfault or
+fails to compile.  But as he said changing the type causes either a segfault,
-files not generated at all.  `ver1`, `ver2` and `ver3` are the problematic ones.
+files not generated at all or files ended up with syntax errors. `ver1`, `ver2`
-The segfault happens when running the main program. Cody fixed that but as noted
+and `ver3` are the problematic ones.
-as for the generated files only `ver0` will compile with clang.
+
+The file [westley.alt.c](1989/westley/westley.alt.c) will compile with clang
+but although it can perform some of its functions it will generate code that
+does not work.
+
 
 ### STATUS: known bug - please help us fix
 

thanks-for-fixes.md

@@ -643,7 +643,10 @@ not his only reason :-) )
 
 Cody got some of the versions (the original and `ver0`) to work with some
 versions of `clang`. Unfortunately there are some defects in `clang` that break
-this entry either in full or in part.
+this entry either in full or in part. Also, some of the code generated by it
+cannot be compiled by gcc either. Thus these changes are in the alt code.
+Nevertheless the main features of the program does work in the alt version, it
+just cannot generate every C file correctly.
 
 Cody provided the compile.sh script to generate the files and then try and
 compile them (which ones succeed depend on whether or not clang is the
@@ -1144,14 +1147,23 @@ easier to see the program do what it does in systems that are too fast ... if
 there is such a thing anyway :-) ). See the README.md for details on this.
 
 
-
-
 ## [1995/garry](1995/garry/garry.c) ([README.md](1995/garry/README.md]))
 
-Cody fixed this so that it will compile with modern compilers. The problem was a
+Cody fixed the alt code so that it will compile with modern compilers. The
-missing `int` for the `f` variable. He felt it was even more important that it
+problem was a missing `int` for the `f` variable. He felt it was even more
-works because the layout does indeed look to him like a rat is dropping core :-),
+important that it works because the layout does indeed look to him like a rat is
-something that the judges suggested.
+dropping core :-), something that the judges suggested.
+
+Cody also improved the script [garry.test.sh](1995/garry/garry.test.sh) to make
+sure the program is compiled before trying to use it and he also added the
+[garry.alt.test.sh](1995/garry/garry.alt.test.sh) script to use the alt version,
+though the alt version is not as important as alt code in other entries.
+
+The reason the alt script was added rather than using an environmental variable
+to specify which one to use is to make it easier on the user as typing
+`GARRY=garry.alt ./garry.test.sh` is not as simple (even though simple) as just
+running `./garry.alt.test.sh`.
+
 
 ## [1995/makarios](1995/makarios/makarios.c) ([README.md](1995/makarios/README.md))
 
@@ -1160,6 +1172,14 @@ which only allows `main()` to have 0, 2 or 3 args. This is done by a new
 function (`pain()` as it's annoying that clang is this way :-) ) that main()
 calls which has the four args.
 
+## [1995/vanschnitz](1995/vanschnitz/vanschnitz.c) ([README.md](1995/vanschnitz/README.md))
+
+Cody added the authors' spoiler as a C file as in 2023 we have decided that in
+most cases all the code should be available for the wider audience, without
+having to extract it. The exception is when the files are created by the entry
+or the entry decrypts the text or whatever else.
+
+
 ## [1996/august](1996/august/august.c) ([README.md](1996/august/README.md]))
 
 Cody fixed a segfault in this program that prevented it from working right but
@@ -1963,23 +1983,42 @@ implicitly (linux doesn't seem to but macOS does).
 Cody added explicit linking of libm (`-lm`) as not all systems do this
 implicitly (linux doesn't seem to but macOS does).
 
+## [2012/endoh2](2012/endoh2/endoh2.c) ([README.md](2012/endoh2/README.md))
+
+Cody fixed a typo in the ruby script
+[find-font-table.rb](2012/endoh2/find-font-table.rb).
+
+
+## [2012/grothe](2012/grothe/grothe.c) ([README.md](2012/grothe/README.md))
+
+Cody restored the original code from the archive.
 
 ## [2012/kang](2012/kang/kang.c) ([README.md](2012/kang/README.md]))
 
-Cody added alt code that fixes the problem where in German 'v' sounds like 'f'
+Cody added alt code that fixes a problem where in German 'v' sounds like 'f'
-which the program has as 'f'. Thus with the original version it would translate
+which the program has as 'f': with the original version it would translate
-'fier' to '4' when the word is 'vier'. Originally this was updated in the
+'fier' to '4' when the word is 'vier'. But see below.
-original code but it was noticed that this caused _other_ words to be incorrect
-so it was set as an alt version since the code was already there. It might also
-be considered a feature and not a bug so an alt version is the better way to go
-about it. Using both allows one to experience different capabilities and also
-enjoy or appreciate the entry more.
 
-Cody also added two scripts, [en.sh](2012/kang/en.sh) and
+Originally this was updated in the original code but it was noticed that this
-[de.sh](2012/kang/de.sh) which counts from 0 through 13 in English and German.
+caused _other_ German (and maybe other languages?) words to be incorrect so it
-In the German script it uses the umlaut and also does it without the umlaut (add
+was set as an alt version since the code was already there. It might also be
-an 'e'). Both scripts can use either version to see the differences. See the
+considered a feature and not a bug so an alt version is the better way to go
-README.md file for details.
+about it. Using both, however, allows one to experience different capabilities
+and also enjoy or appreciate the entry even more, given how simple the
+difference is.
+
+Cody also added five scripts: [en.sh](2012/kang/en.sh),
+[de.sh](2012/kang/de.sh), [en.alt.sh](2012/kang/en.alt.sh) and
+[de.alt.sh](2012/de.alt.sh) which count from 0 through 13 in English and German
+using the original entry and the alt version respectively.
+
+In the German scripts it uses the umlaut and also does it without the umlaut
+(add an 'e'). Notice how the program picks up on this! All scripts can use
+either version but the `.alt.sh` versions default to the `alt` version whereas
+the other defaults to the submitted entry. See the README.md for details.
+
+The fifth script, [try.sh](2012/kang/try.sh), runs a sequence of commands to
+show different languages and numbers.
 
 
 ## [2012/vik](2012/vik/vik.c) ([README.md](2012/vik/README.md]))