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# ANSI Committee's Worst Abuse of C
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Larry Jones
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SDRC
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2000 Eastman Dr
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Milford, OH 45150
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USA
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Larry Jones
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SDRC
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2000 Eastman Dr
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Milford, OH 45150
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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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Modern compilers failed to compile this entry:
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scjones.c:1:7: error: expected ';' after top level declarator
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char*a??(??)=??<
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^
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;
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```c
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scjones.c:1:7: error: expected ';' after top level declarator
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char*a??(??)=??<
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^
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;
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```
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but we were able to get it to compile with modern compilers by specifying the
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`-ansi` flag with a tip from [Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh). Thank
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@@ -29,43 +32,42 @@ compiler option `-trigraphs` would also have worked.
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## To run:
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./scjones
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```sh
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./scjones
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```
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## Judges' comments:
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The addition of trigraphs has made it easier to make programs
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hard to read. It was a dark and stormy night for C when the
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ANSI C committee added trigraphs to the standard. Too bad
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that they didn't just simply require a more reasonable ISO
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character set.
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The addition of trigraphs has made it easier to make programs hard to read. It
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was a dark and stormy night for C when the ANSI C committee added trigraphs to
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the standard. Too bad that they didn't just simply require a more reasonable
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ISO character set.
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The Author sent us this note after he was informed that he won:
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> Although I am quite grateful for the "ANSI Committee's Worst Abuse of C" title
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> (were you aware that I am a member of the committee or is the double meaning
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> unintentional?), I was really hoping for something more along the lines of
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> "Closest Resemblance to Line Noise." :-)
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... it was unintentional.
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## Author's comments:
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Since this year's contest is dedicated to ANSI C, here is a
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strictly conforming entry. In accordance with the ANSI
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definition of a strictly conforming program it does not produce
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output dependent on any unspecified, undefined, or implementation
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defined behavior, and it does not exceed any of the minimum
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implementation limits. It adheres to all of the syntactic and
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semantic constraints of the standard, #includes the relevant
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headers for the functions it uses, and uses the EXIT_SUCCESS and
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EXIT_FAILURE macros to return a correct success/fail status to
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the invoking program. It also uses trigraphs for characters
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which are not in the Invariant Code Set of ISO 646:1983, so it
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will be portable to machines with deficient (from C's standpoint)
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character sets. In short, it should be very widely portable. As
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an extra added attraction, all of the lines are under 72
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characters long, which would allow for sequence numbers to be
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punched in columns 73-80 :-).
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[[ The Author sent us this note after he was informed that he won ]]
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> Although I am quite grateful for the "ANSI Committee's Worst Abuse of C" title
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(were you aware that I am a member of the committee or is the double meaning
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unintentional?), I was really hoping for something more along the lines of
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"Closest Resemblance to Line Noise." :-)
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[[ ... it was unintentional ]]
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Since this year's contest is dedicated to ANSI C, here is a strictly conforming
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entry. In accordance with the ANSI definition of a strictly conforming program
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it does not produce output dependent on any unspecified, undefined, or
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implementation defined behavior, and it does not exceed any of the minimum
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implementation limits. It adheres to all of the syntactic and semantic
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constraints of the standard: it `#include`s the relevant headers for the
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functions it uses, and it uses the `EXIT_SUCCESS` and `EXIT_FAILURE` macros to
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return a correct success/fail status to the invoking program. It also uses
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trigraphs for characters which are not in the `Invariant Code Set` of `ISO
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646:1983`, so it will be portable to machines with deficient (from C's
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standpoint) character sets. In short, it should be very widely portable. As an
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extra added attraction, all of the lines are under 72 characters long, which
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would allow for sequence numbers to be punched in columns 73-80 :-).
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## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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