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