Merge pull request #81 from xexyl/typos
Fix typos, formatting and thank yous (add links)
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@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ Dave Decot
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make all
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NOTE: On modern systems this entry requires the option `-traditional-cpp` which
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clang does not support. We thank Yusuke Endoh for his patch which allows the
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entry to compile under gcc! Please be advised that gcc under macOS is actually
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clang so this will not compile with the default gcc under macOS.
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NOTE: [Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh) supplied a patch so that this
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entry would compile with gcc.
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NOTE: this entry requires a compiler that supports `-traditional-cpp`. Note that
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clang does not support it and in macOS gcc is actually clang so this will not
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compile with the default compiler in macOS.
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## To run:
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@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Jack Applin [with help from Robert Heckendorn]
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./applin
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NOTE: Yusuke Endoh provided a patch to get this to not issue a bus error. Thank
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you Yusuke! We note that this entry does not work under macOS. Try it out and
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see for yourself what happens!
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NOTE: [Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh) provided a patch to get this to
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not issue a bus error. Thank you Yusuke! We note that this entry does not work
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under macOS. Try it out and see for yourself what happens!
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## Judges' comments:
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ USA
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make all
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NOTE: [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to
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compile and work with clang (it already worked with gcc). The problem was that
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clang is more strict about the type of second arg to main(). However simply
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changing it to a `char **` and updating the `*s` to `**s` caused a segfault. By
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@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ Paoli, PA.
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make all
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NOTE: Cody Boone Ferguson got this to compile and work with clang. It did not
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work with clang because it is more strict about the second and third args to
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main() and the third arg was an int. He notes that he tried to keep the picture
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as close to the original. The line lengths are the same but some spaces had to
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be changed to non-spaces. Thank you Cody for your help!
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) got this to
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compile and work with clang. It did not work with clang because it is more
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strict about the second and third args to main() and the third arg was an int.
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He notes that he tried to keep the picture as close to the original. The line
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lengths are the same but some spaces had to be changed to non-spaces. Thank you
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Cody for your help!
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## Try:
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+5
-2
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ US of A
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make all
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We used a patch provided by [Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh) to make
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this work with gcc. Thank you Yusuke!
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NOTE: On modern systems this entry requires the option `-traditional-cpp` which
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clang does not support. Please be advised that gcc under macOS is actually
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clang so this will not compile with the default gcc under macOS. As this entry
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stood in modern systems it did not work even when compiled. We used a patch
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provided by Yusuke Endoh to make it work. Thank you Yusuke!
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stood in modern systems it did not work even when compiled.
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## Judges' comments:
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@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ USA
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make all
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NOTE: Cody Boone Ferguson fixed this so it could compile on modern systems. For
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the original file see below.
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this for
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modern systems. For the original file see below. Thank you Cody for your
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assistance!
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## Alternate code:
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@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
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NOTE: we were able to get this to compile under modern systems with a patch from
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Yusuke Endoh. Thank you for your assistance Yusuke!
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[Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh). Thank you for your assistance
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Yusuke!
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## To run:
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@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ to get this to compile under gcc. Thank you Yusuke for your assistance!
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) got this to work with
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clang by further changing the variable `a` to be not the third argument to
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`main()` and instead be a variable declared in `main()`. Cody also bug fixed it
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so that the high score file would work (it was not even being created) and after
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this making sure the terminal stayed sane (the letter `u` could not be typed and
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echo was disabled outright after the segfault fix / high score file was
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reinstated). We thank you for your assistance Cody (he cynically notes that he
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did it because tetris just has to work)!
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`main()` and instead be a variable declared in `main()`.
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Cody also bug fixed it so that the high score file would work (it was not even
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being created) and after this making sure the terminal stayed sane (the letter
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`u` could not be typed and echo was disabled outright after the segfault fix /
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high score file was reinstated). We thank you for your assistance Cody (he
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cynically notes that he did it because tetris just has to work)!
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### Alternate code:
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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make all
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NOTE: [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) was able to get
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) was able to get
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this to partially work with clang; clang requires that the second, third and
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fourth args to main() be `char **`. Only `westley.c` and `ver0.c` (see below) will
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compile with clang. It's possible to get ver1.c to compile too but this causes
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@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
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./cmills [starting_cash]
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NOTE: we used a patch from Yusuke Endoh to get this to work in modern systems
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(it resulted in a bus error otherwise). Thank you Yusuke for your assistance!
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We used a patch from [Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh) to get this to
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work in modern systems (it resulted in a bus error otherwise). Thank you Yusuke
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for your assistance!
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### Try:
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+2
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make all
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Modern compilers could not compile this entry but Yusuke Endoh supplied a patch
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which lets it compile. Thank you Yusuke!
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[Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh) fixed this for modern systems. Thank
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you Yusuke!
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### To run
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+3
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make all
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NOTE: as `btoa` is not common we used a ruby script from Yusuke Endoh. Thank you
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Yusuke for your implementation of `btoa`!
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NOTE: as `btoa` is not common we used a ruby script from [Yusuke
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Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh). Thank you Yusuke for your implementation of
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`btoa`!
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### Try:
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@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Modern compilers might fail to compile this entry:
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but we were able to get it to compile with modern compilers by specifying the
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`-ansi` flag with a tip from Yusuke Endoh. Thank you Yusuke!
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`-ansi` flag with a tip from [Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh). Thank
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you Yusuke!
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### To run:
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make all
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NOTE: modern compilers had a problem with this entry because the `exit(3)`
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function returns void but [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners#Cody_Boone_Ferguson)
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got it to work with the use of a comma operator. Thank you Cody!
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to work with
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modern computers; `exit(3)` returns void but the function was used in a binary
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expression so this would not even compile. Thank you Cody for your assistance!
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### To run
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## To run:
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./tbr
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# enter some shell commands
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## Try:
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./tbr
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ls -l tbr tbr.c
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# notice how the following does not work:
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ls tbr*
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# try figuring out how this entry works in an editor:
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vi tbr.c
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# then figure out how to exit vi :-)
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## Judges' comments
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## Judges' comments:
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This program touches on a well known Unix utility, the 6th edition Bourne Shell
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@@ -54,6 +66,8 @@ of the program which we include below:
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## Author's comments
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Rot13:
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Guvf cebtenz vf n ehqvzragnel furyy. Vg qbrf v/b erqverpgvba, cvcrf
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naq pq. Vg syntf reebef ba snvyrq puqve'f, bcra'f, perng'f
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rkrpic'f, sbex'f naq n srj flagnk reebef.
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@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
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make all
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NOTE: thanks to Yusuke Endoh for the pointing out that `atof()` nowadays needs
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`#include <stdlib.h>` in order to get this to work. Thanks also to Cody Boone
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Ferguson for fixing some segfaults under modern (and in some cases earlier)
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systems with this entry.
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed some segfaults
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under modern (and in some cases earier) systems with this entry. Thank you Cody!
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[Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh) pointed out that `atof` nowadays
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needs `#include <stdlib.h>` which was used in order to get this to work
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initially. Thank you Yusuke!
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## To run:
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@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ all: data ${TARGET}
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supernova deep_magic magic charon pluto
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${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
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@echo "NOTE: This entry might not compile when using modern compilers."
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${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LIBS}
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# alternative executable
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### To run
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./westley 1
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./westley number
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NOTE: [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to
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compile under modern systems. Thank you Cody for your assistance!
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this for modern
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systems. Thank you Cody for your assistance!
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NOTE: this entry will segfault without an arg and will enter an infinite loop if
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input is not a number (or is a negative number).
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input is not a positive number.
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## Try:
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./westley 1
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./westley 2
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./westley 3
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./westley 5
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## Judges' comments
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usage: westley <number>
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If you would rather "Daisy" someone other than Westley, rename
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the program as needed. :-)
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If you would rather "Daisy" someone other than Westley, rename
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the program as needed. :-)
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Read each block of code as if it were a piece of correspondence.
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For example, the first block of code would read:
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Read each block of code as if it were a piece of correspondence.
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For example, the first block of code would read:
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charlie,
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doubletime me, OXFACE!
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mainly die, charly, *die*
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signed charlotte
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The original source had control-L's after each code block. To
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make it easier on news readers, we converted each control-L to
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a blank line.
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The original source had control-L's after each code block. To
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make it easier on news readers, we converted each control-L to
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a blank line.
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Some modern compilers will not accept '1s' as a short integer - for
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these compilers we replaced the instances of `1s` with `1`.
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Some modern compilers will not accept '1s' as a short integer - for
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these compilers we replaced the instances of `1s` with `1`.
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## Author's comments
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This is a "Picking the Daisy" simulation. Now, instead of mangling a
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daisy, simply run this program with the number of petals desired as
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the argument.
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This is a good counter-example to peoples' complaints that C doesn't
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have an "English-like" syntax.
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Lint complains about everything - null effect, xxx may be used before
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set, statement not reached, return(e) and return. Lint dumps core
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on some systems. My personal favorite lint complaint is
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This is a "Picking the Daisy" simulation. Now, instead of mangling a
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daisy, simply run this program with the number of petals desired as
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the argument.
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This is a good counter-example to peoples' complaints that C doesn't
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have an "English-like" syntax.
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Lint complains about everything - null effect, xxx may be used before
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set, statement not reached, return(e) and return. Lint dumps core
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on some systems. My personal favorite lint complaint is
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"warning: eroticism unused in function main".
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Also obviously, (char)lotte and (char*)lie are incompatible types...
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Also obviously, `(char)lotte` and `(char*)lie` are incompatible types...
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Copyright (c) 1990, Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel.
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All Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, educational or non-profit use is
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@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
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make all
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NOTE: [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this for modern
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this for modern
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systems. There were two invalid operands to binary expression (`char *` and
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`void` and `int` and `void`) to resolve and a feature of the C pre-processor
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which no longer works had to be changed as well. In particular `#define C =G` in
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a macro to make `+=` and similar operators no longer works. The invalid operands
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to binary expressions were resolved with the comma operator. Thank you Cody for
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your assistance!
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`void` and `int` and `void`) to resolve and additionally a mis-feature of the C
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pre-processor which no longer works had to be changed as well in order to get
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this to compile. In particular the macro `C`, defined as `C =G` to make `+=` and
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similar operators no longer works. The invalid operands to binary expressions
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were resolved with the comma operator. Thank you Cody for your assistance!
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### Try:
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@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
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make all
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NOTE: [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to
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work with clang by changing the third and fourth arg of main() to be ints inside
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main(); clang requires args 2 - 4 to be `char **`. Thank you Cody for your
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assistance!
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this for clang by
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changing the third and fourth arg of main() to be ints inside main(); clang
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requires args 2 - 4 to be `char **`. Thank you Cody for your assistance!
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### To run
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@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ assistance!
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Where lat and long correspond to your latitude and longitude.
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NOTE: you must have a terminal that wraps at 80 columns (!) in order for this to
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NOTE: you **MUST** have a terminal that wraps at 80 columns (!) in order for this to
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show correctly!
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make all
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NOTE: This entry might not compile when using modern compilers.
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NOTE: this entry might not compile with modern systems.
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### To run
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## Judges' comments
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Use 'h' and 'l' to shift objects left or right. Use 'k' to
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rotate and press SPACE to drop.
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Use 'h' and 'l' to shift objects left or right. Use 'k' to
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rotate and press SPACE to drop.
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This program's output may be even more obfuscated when played
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on inverse video. :-)
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This program's output may be even more obfuscated when played
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on inverse video. :-)
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Yusuke Endoh provided a patch which allows this entry to compile on modern
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systems. Thank you Yusuke!
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## Author's comments
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This is jonth (jon's t(h)etris) for the X Window System.
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This is jonth (jon's t(h)etris) for the X Window System.
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This program is also an example of data abstraction. The X array is
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after initialization hidden by the well defined macros t, u and F.
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This program is also an example of data abstraction. The X array is
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after initialization hidden by the well defined macros t, u and F.
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This program is highly portable as it runs on a "Notebook" size SPARC.
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This program will not work on machines with sizeof(int)!=sizeof(void *).
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This program is highly portable as it runs on a "Notebook" size SPARC.
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This program will not work on machines with sizeof(int)!=sizeof(void *).
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Copyright (c) 1993, Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel.
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All Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, educational or non-profit use is
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@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
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make all
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NOTE: [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to
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compile with modern systems. As he loved the references in the code that could
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not compile he just commented it out (as little as possible). Thank you Cody for
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your assistance!
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to compile
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and work with modern systems. As he loved the references in the code that could
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not compile he just commented out as little as possible to get this to compile.
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Thank you Cody for your assistance!
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### To run
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@@ -47,16 +47,17 @@ output as a depiction of a person holding two flags, using only ASCII
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characters (semaphore smileys, if you will). For example, given the
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input "Hello, world!", the output will be:
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<> <> <> <> <> <>
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_() ()/ ()/ ()/ _\) () (/_ _\)
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[] /^ |^^ /^^ /^^ [] ^^ |^^| ^^ [] [] ^^
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<>[ [][ <>][ <>][ ][ [][] ][ ][
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<> <> <> <> <> <>
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_() ()/ ()/ ()/ _\) () (/_ _\)
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[] /^ |^^ /^^ /^^ [] ^^ |^^| ^^ [] [] ^^
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<>[ [][ <>][ <>][ ][ [][] ][ ][
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<> []
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_()_ ()/ |() ()
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[] ^^ [] /^^ ^^| |^^|
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][ <>][ ][] [][]
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<> []
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_()_ ()/ |() ()
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[] ^^ [] /^^ ^^| |^^|
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][ <>][ ][] [][]
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The program is obfuscated without the use of the preprocessor or any
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special compilation parameters. In fact, the program doesn't even
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@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ This code is an nice compact example of a Modular Fast Fourier Transform.
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While its output is very specific, the internal FFT has a wide variety
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of uses.
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Can you modify this code to produce primes such as 23523*2^70000-1,
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48594^65536+1 or 6917!-1?
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Can you modify this code to produce primes such as `23523*2^70000-1,
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48594^65536+1` or `6917!-1`?
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### Alternate code:
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This program prints the biggest known prime number (2^6972593-1)
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This program printed the biggest known prime number (2^6972593-1)
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in base 10. It requires a few minutes. It uses a Modular Fast
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Fourier Transform to compute this number in a reasonable amount
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of time (the usual method would take ages !).
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@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
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# Best Utility:
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Bernd Meyer
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Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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1/832 Blackburn Rd
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Clayton, VIC 3168
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Australia
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|
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http://byron.csse.monash.edu.au/
|
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Bernd Meyer
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Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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1/832 Blackburn Rd
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Clayton, VIC 3168
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Australia
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http://byron.csse.monash.edu.au/
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# To build:
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Reference in new issue
Block a user