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 # Best Small Program
 
-    Bas de Bakker
-    Pica, Centre for Library Automation
-    Statenweg 154 B     (home address)
-    3039 JN Rotterdam
-    The Netherlands
+Bas de Bakker  
+Pica, Centre for Library Automation  
+Statenweg 154 B     (home address)  
+3039 JN Rotterdam  
+The Netherlands  
 
 ## To build:
 
-        make all
+```sh
+make all
+```
 
 ## To run:
 
-	./bas2 < bas2.c
+```sh
+./bas2 < bas2.c
+```
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
 ### Questions to ponder:
 
-Can you determine the relationship between the input and the
-resulting numeric output?
+Can you determine the relationship between the input and the resulting numeric
+output?
 
-The program was not designed to process files with a certain
-octet value, what value is that?
+The program was not designed to process files with a certain octet value, what
+value is that?
 
 ### Hint and Extra Credit:
 
-This entry points our a minor flaw in the IOCCC rules that has
+This entry points out a minor flaw in the IOCCC rules that has
 been around since 1992.  It processes a certain octet value in
 a way that differs from a strict reading of one of the
 official IOCCC rules.  What is the rule and what is the octet
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ done by matching the bit patterns.  Minor obfuscations are:
 - Recursive main() instead of 2 loops (over input characters and over bits in
 the character).
 
-- ? and || instead of if statements.
+- `?` and `||` instead of if statements.
 
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