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 # Best Utility

-Anthony Howe  
-Mortice Kern Systems, Inc.  
-Unit 1, 14 Weber Street North  
-Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 3G4  
+Anthony Howe\
+Mortice Kern Systems, Inc.\
+Unit 1, 14 Weber Street North\
+Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 3G4\
 Canada

 ## To build:
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ This program demonstrates that POSIX doesn't guarantee readability.  :-)

 Some of the features of my entry are:

-  "Lengthy" POSIX.2 style specification and manual :) :) 
+-  "Lengthy" POSIX.2 style specification and manual :) :)\
 -  Useful subset of POSIX.2 Extended Regular Expressions.
-  Recursive ERE parser/compiler that generates an NFA railroad. 
+-  Recursive ERE parser/compiler that generates an NFA railroad.\
 -  Lazy NFA to DFA evaluation to improve performance speed.
 -  Code tested on a variety of platforms.
 -  Make driven test script.
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # "Bill Gates" Award

-Chris Mills  
-Pagine Corporation  
-1961-A Concourse Drive  
-San Jose, CA 95131  
+Chris Mills\
+Pagine Corporation\
+1961-A Concourse Drive\
+San Jose, CA 95131\
 US

 ## To build:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ entry.
 ## To run:

 ```sh
-DISPLAY="your_X_server_display" 
+DISPLAY="your_X_server_display"\
 export DISPLAY
 ./cmills [speed]	# must be run on an X11 server
 ```
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ where:

 ## Judges' remarks:

-From the San Jose Mercury News (May 15, 1993 page 20A "West Hackers 
+From the San Jose Mercury News (May 15, 1993 page 20A "West Hackers\
 trounce East in computer quiz game"):


@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ trounce East in computer quiz game"):
 [The expression on Bill Gates' face was a sight to behold, as reported
 to us by several who were there].

-You must set `$DISPLAY` in your environment or the program will 
+You must set `$DISPLAY` in your environment or the program will\
 dump core.  This is not a bug as the author documented it as
 a feature.  :-)

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Best Abuse of the C Preprocessor

-David Gibson  
-University of Cape Town  
-1 Sweet Valley Road  
-Bergvliet  
-7945  
+David Gibson\
+University of Cape Town\
+1 Sweet Valley Road\
+Bergvliet\
+7945\
 South Africa

 ## To build:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ make all
 ```

 where:
-	
+\
 `datafile` is the initial pattern (default: [dgibson.data1](dgibson.data1))

 ## Try:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ where:
 ```

 ## Judges' remarks:
-    
+\
 We have provided the shell script [dgibson.sh](dgibson.sh) to make it easier
 to run this entry.  Run this shell script several times to
 see what happens.
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Best Obfuscated Algorithm

-E. Jay Berkenbilt  
-Engineering Research Associates  
-1595 Springhill Road  
-Vienna, VA 22182-2235  
+E. Jay Berkenbilt\
+Engineering Research Associates\
+1595 Springhill Road\
+Vienna, VA 22182-2235\
 US

 ## To build:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ We note that this also works under macOS just fine.
 #### Output solution to Towers of Hanoi for five rings:

 ```sh
-./ejb 5			
+./ejb 5\
 ```

 The format of the output for the Towers of Hanoi case is simply a
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ text description of how to solve the puzzle.
 #### Output solution to the Patience puzzle for six rings:

 ```sh
-./ejb -6	
+./ejb -6\
 ```


@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Most Obfuscated X Program

-Jon Thingvold  
-University of Oslo  
-Sogn Studentby 8231  
-N 0858 Oslo  
+Jon Thingvold\
+University of Oslo\
+Sogn Studentby 8231\
+N 0858 Oslo\
 Norway


@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ entry.
 Use `h` and `l` to shift objects left or right.  Use `k` to
 rotate and press SPACE to drop.

-This program's output may be even more obfuscated when played 
+This program's output may be even more obfuscated when played\
 on inverse video.  :-)


@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ on inverse video.  :-)

 This is `jonth` (`jon's t(h)etris`) for the X Window System.

-This program is also an example of data abstraction.  The X array is 
+This program is also an example of data abstraction.  The X array is\
 after initialization hidden by the well defined macros `t`, `u` and `F`.

 This program is highly portable as it runs on a "Notebook" size SPARC.
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Best Game

-Leonid A. Broukhis  
-Moscow Centre of SPARC Technology  
-123481 Liberty St.,  
-89-1-95 Moscow  
+Leonid A. Broukhis\
+Moscow Centre of SPARC Technology\
+123481 Liberty St.,\
+89-1-95 Moscow\
 Russia


@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ where:


 ## Judges' remarks:
-    
+\
 By default, the number of colors is 6.  You may specify a
 value of between 1 and 15 colors.  See the author's notes
 for instructions of how to play.

-We look forward to more entries from the newer members of the 
+We look forward to more entries from the newer members of the\
 International Internet community.


@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Most Versatile Source

-Jyrki Holopainen  
+Jyrki Holopainen\
 Finland


@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ done with this bug; see the author's remarks for more details.


 ## Judges' remarks:
-    
+\
 There's more than one way to get around disk quotas. :-)


@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ These failed miserably:
 	    "dbx: fatal error: Is a directory"

 - gdb   - Printed almost the same error message ": Is a directory".
-	It was, however, possible to step through the code but 
+	It was, however, possible to step through the code but\
 	not list it.

 #### Lints
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Best One Liner

-Mark Plummer  
-2901 Reckord Road  
-Fallston, MD, 21047  
+Mark Plummer\
+2901 Reckord Road\
+Fallston, MD, 21047\
 US


@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ enough args.


 ## Judges' remarks:
-    
+\
 For extra credit: What happens when 'number' contains non-numeric
 characters, and why?

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Most Well Rounded

-James Bonfield  
+James Bonfield\
 England


@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Obfuscated Intelligence Award

-Mark Schnitzius  
-1700 Woodbury Rd. #1208  
-Orlando, FL 32828  
-US  
+Mark Schnitzius\
+1700 Woodbury Rd. #1208\
+Orlando, FL 32828\
+US\
 <http://computronium.org/ioccc.html>


@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ What is cat?

 After this program prints the contents of 'file', ask it
 some questions related to the text.
-    
+\
 The author suggests the following questions when using
 [schnitzi.info](schnitzi.info):

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The author suggests the following questions when using
 - Is it true that Elvis is alive?
 - Do colorless green ideas sleep furiously?

-We suggest you try using the body (minus the header and signature line) 
+We suggest you try using the body (minus the header and signature line)\
 of a Usenet article.  You might want to try something from alt.flame.  :-)

 NOTE: If you have a ' in the question this entry might fail.
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Most Irregular Expression

-David Van Brackle  
-ISX Corporation  
-1165 Northchase Parkway, Suite 120  
-Marietta, GA 30067  
+David Van Brackle\
+ISX Corporation\
+1165 Northchase Parkway, Suite 120\
+Marietta, GA 30067\
 US


@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ What happens if you use something other than valid digits?


 ## Judges' remarks:
-    
+\
 The octal expression may contain:

 ```
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Here's the grammar `('e'` denotes the empty string) :
 <X>  ::=  [0-9]<X> | [A-F]<X> | [a-f]<X> | e
 <O>  ::=  [0-7]<O> | e
 ```
-    
+\
 Here's how the grammar nonterminals map to octal state numbers:

 ```
@@ -136,34 +136,34 @@ notes:
 O5(O2,O7,O3)char**O7;
 {
 	 return
-/* N1 */ !(O2+=~01+01) ? 
+/* N1 */ !(O2+=~01+01) ?\
 	      00:
-/* N2 */ !(O2-=02>01) ? 
+/* N2 */ !(O2-=02>01) ?\
 	      printf("\045\157\012",O5(012,O7+01,00)):
-/* O  */ !(O2-=02>>01) ? 
+/* O  */ !(O2-=02>>01) ?\
 	      (**O7<=067 && **O7>057 ? O5(03,O7,*(*O7)++-060+010*O3):O3):
-/* D  */ !(O2-=-O3-~O3) ? 
+/* D  */ !(O2-=-O3-~O3) ?\
 	      (072>**O7 && 060<=**O7 ? O5(04,O7,012*O3-060+*(*O7)++):O3):
-/* X  */ !(O2-=!O3+!!O3) ? 
+/* X  */ !(O2-=!O3+!!O3) ?\
 	      (**O7>057 && **O7<=071 ? O5(05,O7,*(*O7)+++O3*020-060):
 	      **O7<=0106 && 0101<=**O7 ? O5(05,O7,020*O3+*(*O7)++-067):
 	      0140<**O7 && **O7<0147 ? O5(05,O7,-0127+*(*O7)+++020*O3):O3):
-/* F  */ !(O2-=02-01) ? 
+/* F  */ !(O2-=02-01) ?\
 	      (**O7==050 ? 050**++*O7,O5(013,O7,O5(012,O7,00)):
 	      **O7<056 && 054<**O7 ? 055**++*O7,-O5(06,O7,00):
 	      054>**O7 && 052<**O7 ? 050**(*O7)++,O5(06,O7,00):
 	      !(**O7^0170)||!(0130^**O7) ? *++*O7,O5(05,O7,00):
 	      **O7==0144||**O7==0104 ? ++*O7,O5(04,O7,00):O5(03,O7,00)):
-/* T' */ !--O2 ? 
+/* T' */ !--O2 ?\
 	      (**O7==052 ? O5(07,O7,O3*(*++*O7,O5(06,O7,00))):
 	      !(045-**O7) ? O5(07,O7,O3%(03+(*O7)++,O5(06,O7,00))):
 	      !(**O7^057) ? O5(07,O7,O3/(03-*++*O7,O5(06,O7,00))):O3):
-/* T  */ !(O2+=01-02) ? 
+/* T  */ !(O2+=01-02) ?\
 	      O5(07,O7,O5(06,O7,00)):
-/* E' */ !(O2+=-02/02) ? 
+/* E' */ !(O2+=-02/02) ?\
 	      (!(**O7-053)?O5(011,O7,O3+(++*O7,O5(010,O7,00))):
 	      !(055^**O7) ? O5(011,O7,O3-(03+*(*O7)++,O5(010,O7,00))):O3):
-/* E  */ !(O2-=0563&0215) ? 
+/* E  */ !(O2-=0563&0215) ?\
 	      O5(011,O7,O5(010,O7,00)):
 /* C  */ (++*O7,O3);
 }