diff --git a/1987/westley/Makefile b/1987/westley/Makefile
index 4df642ef6..485e35245 100644
--- a/1987/westley/Makefile
+++ b/1987/westley/Makefile
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ=
-ALT_TARGET=
+ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
+ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
 
 
 #################
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ all: ${DATA} ${TARGET}
 	supernova deep_magic magic charon pluto
 
 ${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
-	@echo "NOTE: This entry requires a non-standard K&R C compiler to compile."
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LIBS}
 
 # alternative executable
diff --git a/1987/westley/README.md b/1987/westley/README.md
index cafb1709b..f0feb2b70 100644
--- a/1987/westley/README.md
+++ b/1987/westley/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,22 @@ USA
 
         make all
 
-NOTE: This entry requires a non-standard K&R C compiler to compile.
+NOTE: Cody Boone Ferguson fixed this so it could compile on modern systems. For
+the original file see below.
+
+
+## Alternate code:
+
+If you have an older compiler you can try compiling the original source code
+which is true symmetry:
+
+	make alt
+
+
+## To run:
+
+	./westley
+
 
 ## Judges' comments:
 
diff --git a/1987/westley/westley.alt.c b/1987/westley/westley.alt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57500810d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1987/westley/westley.alt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+				char rahc
+				   [ ]
+				    =
+				  "\n/"
+				    ,
+				redivider
+				   [ ]
+				    =
+		       "Able was I ere I saw elbA"
+				    ,
+				    *
+			     deliver,reviled
+				    =
+				   1+1
+				    ,
+			       niam ; main
+				   ( )
+				  {/*\}
+				   \*/
+				 int tni
+				    =
+				   0x0
+				    ,
+			     rahctup,putchar
+				   ( )
+		           ,LACEDx0 = 0xDECAL,
+				rof ; for
+			     (;(int) (tni);)
+			       (int) (tni)
+			  = reviled ; deliver =
+				redivider
+				    ;
+for ((int)(tni)++,++reviled;reviled* *deliver;deliver++,++(int)(tni)) rof
+			            =
+			     (int) -1- (tni)
+		          ;reviled--;--deliver;
+			     (tni)  =  (int)
+			  - 0xDECAL + LACEDx0 -
+				rof ; for
+       (reviled--,(int)--(tni);(int) (tni);(int)--(tni),--deliver)
+			    rahctup = putchar
+			   (reviled* *deliver)
+				    ;
+			    rahctup * putchar
+			    ((char) * (rahc))
+				    ;
+				   /*\
+				  {\*/}
diff --git a/1987/westley/westley.c b/1987/westley/westley.c
index 57500810d..6db527893 100644
--- a/1987/westley/westley.c
+++ b/1987/westley/westley.c
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 		           ,LACEDx0 = 0xDECAL,
 				rof ; for
 			     (;(int) (tni);)
-			       (int) (tni)
+			    /* (int)*/(tni)
 			  = reviled ; deliver =
 				redivider
 				    ;
-for ((int)(tni)++,++reviled;reviled* *deliver;deliver++,++(int)(tni)) rof
+for ((int)(tni)++,++reviled;reviled* *deliver;deliver++,++/*(int)*/(tni)) rof
 			            =
 			     (int) -1- (tni)
 		          ;reviled--;--deliver;