Format check 1993/plummer/README.md + add alt code

Alt code is so that one can see with modern systems what is actually
happening. The time to sleep is configurable.

1993/plummer/.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 plummer
+plummer.alt

1993/plummer/Makefile

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ARCH=
 
 # Defines that are needed to compile
 #
-CDEFINE=
+CDEFINE= -DZ=200
 
 # Include files that are needed to compile
 #
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ=
+ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
-ALT_TARGET=
+ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
 
 
 #################
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ ${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
 alt: data ${ALT_TARGET}
 	@${TRUE}
 
+${PROG}.alt: ${PROG}.alt.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LIBS}
+
 # data files
 #
 data: ${DATA}

1993/plummer/README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ US
 make all
 ```
 
+
 ## To run:
 
 ```sh
@@ -22,6 +23,36 @@ where:
 - number is a number    (try 21701)
 - arg is any argument
 
+NOTE: an alternate version exists. See Alternate code section below.
+
+## Try:
+
+```sh
+./plummer 01234567890876543210 xxx
+
+```
+
+### Alternate code:
+
+[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) added an alternate
+version which uses `usleep()` so you can see what is happening with faster
+systems. To use:
+
+
+```sh
+make alt
+```
+
+Use `plummer.alt` as you would `plummer`.
+
+If you wish to change the time to sleep (default `200`) you can do so like:
+
+```sh
+make clobber CDEFINE="-DZ=50" alt
+```
+
+Thank you Cody!
+
 ### INABIAF - it's not a bug it's a feature :-)
 
 This entry will very likely crash or do something else if you run it without
@@ -41,32 +72,31 @@ specifies the number to start counting from and uses leading `0`s to
 indicate the number of digits, the second argument can be anything
 but must be present.
 
-Variable names are single characters chosen for their similarity to
+Variable names are single characters chosen for their similarity to other
-other characters (O for 0, l for 1, S for 5 in some fonts, and _
+characters (`O` for `0` (zero), `l` for `1` (one), `S` for `5` (five) in some
-for ...  well nothing really, but it is easy to miss).  To prevent
+fonts, and `_` for ...  well nothing really, but it is easy to miss).  To
-the need for `strlen()`, the fact that argv is laid out sequentially
+prevent the need for `strlen()`, the fact that argv is laid out sequentially is
-is exploited (ie.  `argv[i + 1] == argv[i] + strlen(argv[i]) + 1`).
+exploited (i.e.  `argv[i + 1] == argv[i] + strlen(argv[i]) + 1`).  This is not
-This is not portable (by the books), but it seems to work
+portable (by the books), but it seems to work everywhere I try (actually, for
-everywhere I try (actually, for VMS, that only holds for `i > 1`).
+VMS, that only holds for `i > 1`).  Also, I depend on the fact that a carriage
-Also, I depend on the fact that a carriage return causes the line
+return causes the line just written to be overwritten. `lint` (and most
-just written to be overwritten. `lint` (and most compilers) complain
+compilers) complain that there is no control path leading to a return from
-that there is no control path leading to a return from `main()`.  At
+`main()`.  At 125 characters, it still fits on a single line (for those of us
-125 characters, it still fits on a single line (for those of us who
+who don't mind ruining our eyes with 132 column screens).
-don't mind ruining our eyes with 132 column screens).
 
 The first statement points the base of `l` (the argument vector) to
 be the first argument by incrementing it.  It then assigns `O` to
 point to the character before the first character of the second
-argument which also happens to be the NULL termination of the first
+argument which also happens to be the NUL termination of the first
 argument.  `*O` gets a `\r` assigned to it.  Finally `0` is assigned to
 the first character of the second argument which has the effect of
-NULL terminating the first argument after the carriage return had
+NUL terminating the first argument after the carriage return had
-removed its NULL termination.  I really tried to make the last part
+removed its NUL termination.  I really tried to make the last part
 of that statement part of the original expression, but the best I
 could do was attach it with a comma (against the advice of K&R).
 The for loop runs the next for loop continuously (actually until
 the machine crashes or the user gets tired of seeing the
-counting).  The next for loop is the meat of the program.  In the
+counting). The next for loop is the meat of the program.  In the
 initialization statement, the string pointed to by `l` (the first
 argument containing the digits used for counting followed by a `\r`)
 is printed, and `_` is started at the least significant digit in the

1993/plummer/plummer.alt.c

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+char*_,*O;main(S,l)char**l;{*(O=*(l+++S-1)-1)=13,*l[1]=0;for(;;)for(printf(*l),_=O-1,usleep(Z);_>=*l&&++*_>(S+*O+S)*S;*_--=(S+*O)*S);}