Update 1986 winning entries' README.md files
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# Best complex task done in a complex way
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Lennart Augustsson
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Lennart Augustsson
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Dept. of Comp. Sci.
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Chalmers University of Technology,
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412 96 Gothenburg
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## To build:
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make all
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```sh
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make all
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```
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## Try:
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./august
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```sh
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./august
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```
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NOTE: this entry is very likely to core dump after its output.
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@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ enough to try and parse it correctly.
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## Author's remarks:
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No comments were provided by the author.
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No remarks were provided by the author.
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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# Most useful obfuscation
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Walter Bright
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Walter Bright
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## To build:
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make all
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```sh
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make all
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```
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## To run:
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./bright some_file
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```sh
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./bright some_file
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```
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## Try:
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./bright bright.c
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./bright bright
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```sh
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./bright bright.c
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./bright bright
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```
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## Judges' remarks:
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@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ maintain the Bourne shell! :-}
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## Author's remarks:
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No comments were provided by the author.
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No remarks were provided by the author.
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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# Worst abuse of the C preprocessor
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Jim Hague
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Jim Hague
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University of Kent at Canterbury
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Canterbury, Kent
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UK
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## To build:
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make all
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```sh
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make all
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```
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NOTE: this entry uses gets() so you might get a warning about this when
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## To run:
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```sh
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./hague
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# enter some text
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```
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## Try:
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./hague
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IOCCC
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International Obfuscated C Code Contest
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Jim Hague
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```sh
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./hague
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IOCCC
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International Obfuscated C Code Contest
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Jim Hague
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```
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## Judges' remarks:
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This program was selected for the 1987 t-shirt collection.
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Think Morse code when you ponder this program. Note how use of
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similar variables can be obfuscating! The author notes that this
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similar variables can be obfuscating! The author noted that this
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program implements the international Morse standard. Now for extra
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credit, what Morse message does the program spell out?
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## Author's remarks:
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No comments were provided by the author.
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No remarks were provided by the author.
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ USA
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## To build:
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make all
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```sh
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make all
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```
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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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## Try:
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./holloway
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```sh
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./holloway
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```
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## Judges' remarks:
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## Author's remarks:
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No comments were provided by the author.
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No remarks were provided by the author.
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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# Best layout
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Eric Marshall
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Eric Marshall
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System Development Corporation, a Burroughs Company
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P.O. Box 517
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Paoli, PA.
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## To build:
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make all
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```sh
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make all
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```
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[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) got this to
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## Try:
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./marshall
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```sh
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./marshall
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```
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# Judges' remarks:
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## Author's remarks:
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No comments were provided by the author.
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No remarks were provided by the author.
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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## To build:
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make all
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```sh
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make all
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```
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## Try:
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./pawka
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```sh
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./pawka
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```
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## Judges' remarks:
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## Author's remarks:
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No comments were provided by the author.
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No remarks were provided by the author.
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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# Best one liner
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Jan Stein
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Jan Stein
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## To build:
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make all
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```sh
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make all
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```
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## Judges' remarks:
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Try the program with the following argument:
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./stein ^N^N
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```sh
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./stein ^N^N
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```
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(^N is ASCII control-N). One some machines, ^M^L is needed to get it to
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output cleanly. Your system may require another set of characters.
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## Author's remarks:
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No comments were provided by the author.
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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+4
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System Development Corporation
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Santa Monica
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California
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US of A
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US
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## To build:
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Thank you Yusuke! [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed
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this so that it does not require `-traditional-cpp`. This took a fair bit of
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tinkering as this entry *is* strange. The original code is provided to allow one
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to easily see how different C was in these days. See below for details. Thank
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to easily see how different C was in those days. See below for details. Thank
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you Cody for your assistance!
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## To use:
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syntax error.
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This program is a masterpiece of obfuscation and humor. Larry Wall
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(the hacker who gave us rn and patch) asks you to compile and consider
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(the hacker who gave us `rn` and `patch`) asks you to compile and consider
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the warning message generated by the C compiler. Then execute the
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program and type characters into its standard input. You will see why
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the compiler documents the program.
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## Author's remarks:
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No comments were provided by the author.
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