Add 2000/anderson/try.sh + format/typo checks

2000/anderson/README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ echo something | ./anderson
 ### Try:
 
 ```sh
-echo Obfuscate | ./anderson
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ very cleverly obscured without the use of a single `#define`!
 Reformatting this program by hand :-) is the easiest way to understand
 what is going on.
 
+### Note about `#define`s not being used:
+
+In 2023 due to annoying warnings triggered at different times, sometimes
+interspersed with the output of the program (this happens in macOS), many
+entries were changed to use `fgets(3)` instead. However to make the entries more
+like the original we redefined `gets` to use `fgets`. Unfortunately it's not
+possible to do it through `-Dfoo` compiler options so there is a `#define` in
+the code now.
+
 
 ## Author's remarks:
 
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@ input "Hello, world!", the output will be:
 
 The program is obfuscated without the use of the preprocessor or any
 special compilation parameters.  In fact, the program doesn't even
-bother using any keywords, save the single 'char' at the beginning.
+bother using any keywords, save the single `char` at the beginning.
 This program was crafted using only operator precedence rules,
 short-circuit evaluation and recursion.  Each function contains a
 single, non-empty statement.  (I did have to add a couple of empty
@@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ An ANSI C compiler will generate several warnings when it compiles this
 program, as none of the functions declare their return type, nor do they
 return anything.  This was necessary to keep the program free of
 keywords.  It's valid in K&R C, and compiles in ANSI C.  There are also
-warnings about conversion from 'int' to 'char' and the resulting loss of
+warnings about conversion from `int` to `char` and the resulting loss of
 data.  Again, if it's OK with K&R, it's OK with me.
 
 This program is a great teaching tool for learning the semaphore code;

2000/anderson/try.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2000/anderson
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo Obfuscate | ./anderson: "
+echo Obfuscate | ./anderson
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo 'Hello, world!' | ./anderson: "
+echo 'Hello, world!' | ./anderson
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./anderson < anderson.c: "
+./anderson < anderson.c
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./anderson < README.md: "
+./anderson < README.md
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: cat README.md anderson.c | ./anderson: "
+cat README.md anderson.c | ./anderson

thanks-for-fixes.md

@@ -2258,6 +2258,8 @@ changing the `K` arg to `gets(3)` to `&K` in `fgets(3)`.
 Cody later improved the fix to use `gets()` by redefining `gets()` so that the
 code looks like before.
 
+Cody also added the [try.sh](2000/anderson/try.sh) script.
+
 
 ## [2000/briddlebane](2000/briddlebane/briddlebane.c) ([README.md](2000/briddlebane/README.md]))