diff --git a/1988/litmaath/.gitignore b/1988/litmaath/.gitignore
index 5722bebf5..ef2cc4b0f 100644
--- a/1988/litmaath/.gitignore
+++ b/1988/litmaath/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 litmaath
+litmaath.alt
diff --git a/1988/litmaath/Makefile b/1988/litmaath/Makefile
index 08b070b99..370e7cbc0 100644
--- a/1988/litmaath/Makefile
+++ b/1988/litmaath/Makefile
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ=
-ALT_TARGET=
+ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
+ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
 
 
 #################
diff --git a/1988/litmaath/README.md b/1988/litmaath/README.md
index e776052d5..0e801e4ca 100644
--- a/1988/litmaath/README.md
+++ b/1988/litmaath/README.md
@@ -1,18 +1,42 @@
 # Best small program
 
 Maarten Litmaath  
-Free University (VU) Amsterdam  
-Department of computer science  
-Uilenstede 72  
-1183 AK Amstelveen  
 The Netherlands  
 
+## To build:
+
+```sh
+make
+```
+
+## To run:
+
+```sh
+./litmaath some text
+```
+
+There is an alternate version provided. See the Alternate code section below.
+
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
 ./litmaath eschew obfuscation
 ```
 
+### Alternate code:
+
+[Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) added the
+[litmaath.alt.c](litmaath.alt.c) which we described in our remarks below. To
+use:
+
+```sh
+make alt
+```
+
+Use `litmaath.alt` as you would `litmaath` above.
+
+Thank you Cody!
+
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
diff --git a/1988/litmaath/litmaath.alt.c b/1988/litmaath/litmaath.alt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a08e45ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1988/litmaath/litmaath.alt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+main(argc, argv)
+int	argc;
+char	**argv;
+{
+	while (*argv != argv[1] && (*argv = argv[1]) && (argc = 0) || (*++argv
+		&& (**argv && ((++argc)[*argv] && (**argv <= argc[*argv] ||
+		(**argv += argc[*argv] -= **argv = argc[*argv] - **argv)) &&
+		--argv || putchar(**argv) && ++*argv--) || putchar(10))))
+    fprintf(stderr,
+     "argv=%lo *argv=%lo **argv=%c argv[1]=%lo *argv[1]=%c argc=%d\n",
+     (long) argv, (long) *argv, *argv && **argv ? **argv : '@',
+     (long) argv[1], argv[1] && *argv[1] ? *argv[1] : '@', argc);
+
+		;
+}