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Alt code is so that one can see with modern systems what is actually happening. The time to sleep is configurable.
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make all
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```
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## To run:
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```sh
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- number is a number (try 21701)
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- arg is any argument
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NOTE: an alternate version exists. See Alternate code section below.
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## Try:
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```sh
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./plummer 01234567890876543210 xxx
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```
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### Alternate code:
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) added an alternate
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version which uses `usleep()` so you can see what is happening with faster
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systems. To use:
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```sh
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make alt
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```
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Use `plummer.alt` as you would `plummer`.
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If you wish to change the time to sleep (default `200`) you can do so like:
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```sh
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make clobber CDEFINE="-DZ=50" alt
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```
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Thank you Cody!
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### INABIAF - it's not a bug it's a feature :-)
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This entry will very likely crash or do something else if you run it without
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@@ -41,32 +72,31 @@ specifies the number to start counting from and uses leading `0`s to
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indicate the number of digits, the second argument can be anything
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but must be present.
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Variable names are single characters chosen for their similarity to
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other characters (O for 0, l for 1, S for 5 in some fonts, and _
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for ... well nothing really, but it is easy to miss). To prevent
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the need for `strlen()`, the fact that argv is laid out sequentially
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is exploited (ie. `argv[i + 1] == argv[i] + strlen(argv[i]) + 1`).
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This is not portable (by the books), but it seems to work
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everywhere I try (actually, for VMS, that only holds for `i > 1`).
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Also, I depend on the fact that a carriage return causes the line
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just written to be overwritten. `lint` (and most compilers) complain
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that there is no control path leading to a return from `main()`. At
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125 characters, it still fits on a single line (for those of us who
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don't mind ruining our eyes with 132 column screens).
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Variable names are single characters chosen for their similarity to other
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characters (`O` for `0` (zero), `l` for `1` (one), `S` for `5` (five) in some
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fonts, and `_` for ... well nothing really, but it is easy to miss). To
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prevent the need for `strlen()`, the fact that argv is laid out sequentially is
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exploited (i.e. `argv[i + 1] == argv[i] + strlen(argv[i]) + 1`). This is not
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portable (by the books), but it seems to work everywhere I try (actually, for
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VMS, that only holds for `i > 1`). Also, I depend on the fact that a carriage
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return causes the line just written to be overwritten. `lint` (and most
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compilers) complain that there is no control path leading to a return from
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`main()`. At 125 characters, it still fits on a single line (for those of us
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who don't mind ruining our eyes with 132 column screens).
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The first statement points the base of `l` (the argument vector) to
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be the first argument by incrementing it. It then assigns `O` to
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point to the character before the first character of the second
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argument which also happens to be the NULL termination of the first
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argument which also happens to be the NUL termination of the first
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argument. `*O` gets a `\r` assigned to it. Finally `0` is assigned to
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the first character of the second argument which has the effect of
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NULL terminating the first argument after the carriage return had
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removed its NULL termination. I really tried to make the last part
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NUL terminating the first argument after the carriage return had
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removed its NUL termination. I really tried to make the last part
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of that statement part of the original expression, but the best I
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could do was attach it with a comma (against the advice of K&R).
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The for loop runs the next for loop continuously (actually until
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the machine crashes or the user gets tired of seeing the
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counting). The next for loop is the meat of the program. In the
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counting). The next for loop is the meat of the program. In the
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initialization statement, the string pointed to by `l` (the first
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argument containing the digits used for counting followed by a `\r`)
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is printed, and `_` is started at the least significant digit in the
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