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## Judges' remarks:
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For a good noop try:
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For a good no-op try:
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```sh
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gzip -c < rcm.c | ./rcm
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@@ -39,22 +39,27 @@ similar unimportant fluff, this program is a fully compliant
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`gzip` compressed file on standard input, and it will write the fully
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uncompressed original file to standard output.
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### ObJustifications for this entry:
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#### The Design Trade-off Argument:
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"The 184 characters worth of defines in the build file have been
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carefully offset by 184 redundant and unnecessary '`{`', '`}`', and '`;`'
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characters in the source file."
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#### The Design Review Argument:
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"Using only 216 characters out of a maximum of 256, the build file
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meets and actually exceeds specification."
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#### The Program Metrics Argument:
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"The program source is less than 3,100 characters in length and uncompresses file
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"The program source is less than 3,100 characters in length and uncompresses the
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file
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[emacs-19.34b.tar.gz](https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/emacs/emacs-19.34b.tar.gz) in
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about 130 seconds on my HP 9000/735. The now obsolete source file `inflate.c'
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from the GNU gzip source tree is 31,613 characters in length and uncompresses
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which represents a better than 530% improvement in the ratio of
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source file size to execution time."
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#### The Whining Programmer's Argument:
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"The inflate algorithm requires that over 400 characters worth
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