improve bugs.md to allow easier links to a section
As the `bugs.md` has grown, the need to link into a specific
section of the `bugs.md` has become apparent. While there
are links the entry's `bugs.md` section, due to the
complexity of a head such as:
the links within the header will make it hard for
markdown to html to form such links.
Instead the level 2 header has been transformed into:
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv--- level 2 header below ---vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--- level 2 header above ---^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
We made a test modification to `1984/laman/README.md` to
refer to this section as:
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv--- reference to the level 2 header below ---vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
The current status of this entry is:
```
STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
```
For more detailed information see [bugs.md#1984/laman](/bugs.md#1984-laman).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--- reference to the level 2 header above ---^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
One advantage of the above section is that it contains only
a single link into `bugs.md`.
In particular we use the following string as a link into `bugs.md`:
/bugs.md#1984-laman
We plan to verify that this is the proper way to link into `bugs.md`
after we push this commit.
During these edits, we discovered a set of quasi-duplicated
big entries spanning from 1998 thru 2013. We say quasi-duplicated
because the repeated information was not the same.
We made a guess in `bugs.md` as to which parts were correct,
however our guess may have been incorrect. Therefore, we
preserved the two sets in two files.
The 1st set of 1998 thru 2013 is found in: `bugs-1998-2003-parta.md`.
The 2nd set of 1998 thru 2013 is found in: `bugs-1998-2003-partb.md`.
Please inspect the sets, and if needed, update `bugs.md` as needed.
Please remove `bugs-1998-2003-parta.md` and `bugs-1998-2003-partb.md`
when you are done.
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```
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### Bugs and (Mis)features
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This entry a listed in [bugs.md](/bugs.md) as:
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The current status of this entry is:
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```
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STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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```
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For more detailed information see [bugs.md](/bugs.md#1984laman-readmemd).
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For more detailed information see [bugs.md#1984/laman](/bugs.md#1984-laman).
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## To use:
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# 1998
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## [1998/dlowe](1998/dlowe/dlowe.c) ([README.md](1998/dlowe/README.md))
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### STATUS: missing or dead link - please provide them
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The domain http://pootpoot.com no longer exists as it once did. The judges have
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given a script that can be used to make a similar page (**warning: not checked
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for security in modern days!**). Do you have a server with enough bandwidth and
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would like to set it up? We'll gladly thank you in the README.md file and link
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to the page as well! You'll have IOCCC fame for reviving a pootifier! :-)
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## [1998/dloweneil](1998/dloweneil/dloweneil.c) ([README.md](1998/dloweneil/README.md))
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### STATUS: missing or dead link - please provide them
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See above entry [1998/dlowe](1998/dlowe/dlowe.c).
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## [1998/schnitzi](1998/schnitzi/schnitzi.c) ([README.md](1998/schnitzi/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to work for
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modern systems but he notes a couple compile warnings to ignore.
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First if you get the warning:
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warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'printf' [-Wbuiltin-declaration-mismatch]
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11 | void g(){ O=j; printf(_); }
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| ^~~~~~
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please do NOT change it! Doing so will break the generated output.
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Another warning that was introduced but should be ignored (it's required) is:
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warning: assignment to 'char *' from incompatible pointer type 'char **' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
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55 | main(int v,char **c){ O=r_; _d=c;
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| ^
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Please DO NOT change this either.
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If there are any other warnings triggered by your compiler please DO NOT fix
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those either!
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Another important note is that as the number passed into the program gets bigger
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the number of lines of output gets substantially larger. For instance:
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```sh
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$ ./schnitzi 9|wc -l
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771999
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```
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# 1999
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There was no IOCCC in 1999.
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# 2000
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[2000/primenum](2000/primenum/primenum.c) ([README.md](2000/primenum/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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This program does not do what you might think it does! Running it like:
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```sh
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./primenum 13
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```
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will seemingly wait for input exactly because it is waiting for input. See the
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README.md file or look at the source.
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It also has main() return void even though this is non-standard. Please do not
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fix this (in fact it was originally done but rolled back).
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As well there is a known crash that's also a feature.
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## [2000/rince](2000/rince/rince.c) ([README.md](2000/rince/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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If `DISPLAY` is not set the program will very likely crash, do something strange
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(or if you're very unlucky your computer might [halt and catch
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fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(computing))! :-) ).
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# 2001
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## [2001/anonymous](2001/anonymous/anonymous.c) ([README.md](2001/anonymous/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this so that it
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doesn't segfault and then also fixed the functionality of it (but see below).
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Cody also fixed the [anonymous.ten.c](2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c) program
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(it also segfaulted) but notes that it **MUST** be compiled as a **32-bit ELF
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binary** so it will NOT work in macOS (for example); if you cannot use `-m32` or
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even if you can but it cannot compile as an ELF binary (not elf binary :-) )
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(but see below) then the `anonymous` program itself will very likely crash if
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you run it on the compiled [anonymous.ten.c](2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.c) but
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if nothing else it will not modify the target executable (this part of the fix
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at least should be correct).
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The file `2001/anonymous/anonymous.ten.32` is a pre-compiled
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[2001/anonymous.ten.c](2001/anonymous.ten.c) as a 32-bit ELF binary in case you
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can run ELF binaries but cannot compile 32-bit binaries.
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Other BSD Unices were not tested.
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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Note also that if you don't specify a file or you specify a non-32-bit ELF file
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this program will very likely crash or do something strange like slaughter the
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elves of Imladris :-(
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## [2001/bellard](2001/bellard/bellard.c) ([README.md](2001/bellard/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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### STATUS: doesn't work with some platforms - please help us fix
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The two statuses might seem contradictory but that is a complicated question.
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The author stated that it only works with i386 linux so on the one hand the fact
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it doesn't work in modern systems is considered a feature and not a bug. But on
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the other hand it would be nice if there was an alternate version which worked
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for modern systems. This does seem quite unlikely but some fixes, described
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next, were made.
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed an initial
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segfault (trying to open the file) and he also fixed the [supplementary program
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bellard.otccex.c](2001/bellard/bellard.otccex.c) but this still crashes in
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systems not i386 linux which is what the author stated.
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On the other hand if you do have a fix for 64-bit systems you're welcome to
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provide it as an alternate version. If by chance you have a fix so that it works
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for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems that is also okay.
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The author said that they compiled it with [gcc version
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2.95.2](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.2/gcc-everything-2.95.2.tar.gz). We
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don't know if a certain gcc version is necessary but it might be helpful to
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download and compile that version to test it - or it might not.
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I (Cody) have no i386 system to test this but perhaps this is why I can't get it
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to work. Yusuke was able to get this to work with `-m32` but only in an
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emulator.
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On the author's [web page for this program](https://bellard.org/otcc/) it is
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explicitly stated that it requires i386 linux.
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There I found what should be a more portable version which is included as
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[otccelf.c](2001/bellard/otccelf.c) (after adding some `#include`s and the
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modification by Yusuke noted in the README.md file) but it appears this *also*
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requires i386 linux; indeed looking at the code it hard codes paths that are
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i386 specific to linux.
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Another point of interest is that the author provided de-obfuscated versions
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which might be of value to look at. I might do that as well but this entry is
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very likely never going to work for 64-bit linux so that's not that likely since
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there are other things that are more important.
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If you have a fix for 64-bit systems this is welcome as an alternate version, as
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stated above. You might like to look at the otccelf version but note that it (at
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least in 64-bit linux and macOS) has compilation errors.
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### Aside: why were there changes if INABIAF ?
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This is a good question. The reason is we believe it better to fix some obvious
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problems: there were some bugs that would very possibly prevent it from working
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even if it was in i386 linux though Yusuke seemed to get it to work in an
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emulator so perhaps not. Still it's better to have the type of the file pointer
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correct and so that the file can at least be opened in modern systems even if
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the compiler won't work there.
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Also the supplementary program, which did not work at all, was fixed (by Cody)
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and it can be run by itself for fun in modern systems, which was not possible
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before the fixes there.
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## [2001/cheong](2001/cheong/cheong.c) ([README.md](2001/cheong/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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This program will very likely crash or do something different without an arg.
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## [2001/dgbeards](2001/dgbeards/dgbeards.c) ([README.md](2001/dgbeards/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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This program deliberately crashes if it loses (which is what it aims to do).
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## [2001/herrmann1](2001/herrmann1/herrmann1.c) ([README.md](2001/herrmann1/README.md)
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### STATUS: missing files - please provide them
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The author referred to the file `herrmann1.turing` but it does not exist not even
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in the archive. Do you have a copy? Please provide it!
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### STATUS: missing files - please provide them
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The author also referred to the file `times2.turing` but this is also missing in
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the archive. Do you have a copy? Please provide it!
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### STATUS: known bug - please help us fix
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There is also a bug in part. During compilation you're supposed to see some
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animation but this does not seem to work with modern gcc versions. It appears
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that version 2.95 works but maybe others do as well. Do you have a fix? We would
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appreciate your help!
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## [2001/kev](2001/kev/kev.c) ([README.md](2001/kev/README.md)
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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Sometimes when one player presses `q` it will result in broken pipe on the other
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end.
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The author also noted that some versions of `curses` have problems with
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`getch()` having a delay.
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The program is very likely to segfault if the specified port can't be bound or
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connected to.
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If the terminal is too wide (the author suggests over 500 characters) the
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program can segfault.
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It's also possible to crash the program if a player scores over a billion
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points.
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Although it is independent of endianness both systems need the same character
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set. In other words both have to be ASCII or EBCDIC - not one of each.
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## [2001/ollinger](2001/ollinger/ollinger.c) ([README.md)(2001/ollinger/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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This program will very likely crash or do something else without an arg.
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## [2001/schweikh](2001/schweikh/schweikh.c) ([README.md](2001/schweikh/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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This program will very likely crash or do something else if you do not give it
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two args.
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Note also that the glob pattern must match the whole string. See the author's
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comments for details and a workaround.
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There's also no way to escape meta characters.
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# 2002
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There was no IOCCC in 2002.
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# 2003
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# 1998
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## [1998/schnitzi](1998/schnitzi/schnitzi.c) ([README.md](1998/schnitzi/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this to work for
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modern systems but he notes a couple compile warnings to ignore.
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First if you get the warning:
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warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'printf' [-Wbuiltin-declaration-mismatch]
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11 | void g(){ O=j; printf(_); }
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please do NOT change it! Doing so will break the generated output.
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Another warning that was introduced but should be ignored (it's required) is:
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warning: assignment to 'char *' from incompatible pointer type 'char **' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
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55 | main(int v,char **c){ O=r_; _d=c;
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Please DO NOT change this either.
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If there are any other warnings triggered by your compiler please DO NOT fix
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those either!
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Another important note is that as the number passed into the program gets bigger
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the number of lines of output gets substantially larger. For instance:
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```sh
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$ ./schnitzi 9|wc -l
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771999
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```
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# 1999
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There was no IOCCC in 1999.
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# 2000
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[2000/primenum](2000/primenum/primenum.c) ([README.md](2000/primenum/README.md))
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### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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This program does not do what you might think it does! Running it like:
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```sh
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./primenum 13
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```
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will seemingly wait for input exactly because it is waiting for input. See the
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README.md file or look at the source.
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It also has main() return void even though this is non-standard. Please do not
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fix this (in fact it was originally done but rolled back).
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# 2001
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## [2001/bellard](2001/bellard/bellard.c) ([README.md](2001/bellard/README.md))
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### STATUS: probable bug (possibly depending on system) - please help test and if necessary fix
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed an initial
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segfault and he also fixed the [supplementary
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program bellard.otccex.c](2001/bellard/bellard.otccex.c) to test the entry on to not segfault and
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seemingly work but he has no 32-bit system to test any further fixes; we
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would greatly appreciate anyone's help! It appears that this entry will require
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major debugging and to make it work one might need to have a deep understanding
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of the ELF format.
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The author said that they compiled it with [gcc version
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2.95.2](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.2/gcc-everything-2.95.2.tar.gz). We don't know if
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a certain gcc version is necessary but it might be helpful to download and
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compile that version to test it.
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## [2001/westley](2001/westley/westley.c) ([README.md](2001/westley/README.md))
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### STATUS: missing files - please provide them
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The author referred to the file `card.gif` but this appears to be missing. Do
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you have it? If you do please provide it and thank you!
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### STATUS: uses gets() - change to fgets() if possible (in some cases getline() works)
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The code also uses `gets()` which, without redirecting stderr to `/dev/null`,
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can show an obnoxious warning every time it's run. In the script
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[2001/westley/westley.sh](2001/westley/westley.sh) that [Cody Boone
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Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) added stderr is in fact redirected
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to `/dev/null` to prevent this warning but it would probably be better if it was
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changed to use `fgets()` (which he might end up doing).
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# 2002
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There was no IOCCC in 2002.
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# 2003
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There was no IOCCC in 2003.
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