From b79be04b13f0bba0c12147f446c0fe79afc3ef2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:32:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ! Or more specifically: add missing sentence ending which happens to be a '!'. Changed 'PLEASE don't' to 'PLEASE DO NOT' in bold (with NOT in italics too) to stress the point that the judges do NOT want people to program in the style of IOCCC programs (but where's the fun in that, Landon? :-) okay I'm joking .. maybe :-) ). --- README.html | 2 +- README.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.html b/README.html index f671e01e7..352316c79 100644 --- a/README.html +++ b/README.html @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ entries. The rules, and sometimes the contest email address itself, change from time to time. A valid entry one year may be rejected in a later year due to changes in the rules. See news.html for up to date information on how to enter.

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Last, PLEASE don’t code in the style of these programs It is hoped that you will +

Last, PLEASE DO NOT code in the style of these programs! It is hoped that you will gain an understanding that poor style destroys an otherwise correct program. Real programmers don’t write obfuscated programs, unless they are submitting a contest entry! :-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a2d31fee2..00895dfe6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ time to time. A valid entry one year may be rejected in a later year due to changes in the rules. See [news.html](news.html) for up to date information on how to enter. -Last, PLEASE don't code in the style of these programs It is hoped that you will +Last, **PLEASE DO *NOT*** code in the style of these programs! It is hoped that you will gain an understanding that poor style destroys an otherwise correct program. Real programmers don't write obfuscated programs, unless they are submitting a contest entry! :-)