diff --git a/thanks-for-help.html b/thanks-for-help.html index 38e237d1c..ba14dafc5 100644 --- a/thanks-for-help.html +++ b/thanks-for-help.html @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ on an IOCCC entry by entry basis.
main() having only one arg.
Cody also added the try.sh and try.alt.sh scripts.
gcc - but it still required -traditional-cpp
There might have been other changes as well.
Cody also added to the Makefile -include stdio.h in the nowadays very
unlikely(?) but nevertheless suggested case that putchar(3) is not available.
Cody also changed the ints to be float as that’s what they are printed as:
not strictly necessary but nonetheless more correct, even if not warned against.
The compile.sh script allows one to specify the compiler with the CC
environmental variable; see the index.html for details.
Cody also added the try.sh script.
Cody also fixed the make clobber rule where a file was left lying about when it should have been removed.
Cody fixed this to compile with modern systems. Note that in 1996 a bug fix was
applied to the code, provided as the alt code as that version is not obfuscated.
Thus Cody’s fix applies to the original entry. The problems were that malloc.h
-is not the correct header file now (at least in some systems?) and a non-void
+is not the correct header file now (at least in some systems) and a non-void
(implicit int) function returning without a value. That function was changed to
return void.
Cody also added the try.sh and @@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ world or just the args (2). And not that we need the help or anything for this :-) but we encourage you to try the original without two args :-)
Cody also added the try.sh script.
Cody also added the try.sh script.
Cody fixed a segfault in this program that prevented it from working right and -also fixed an infinite loop in the try commands.
+also fixed an infinite loop in the try commands. This infinite loop prevented it +from working with some systems or compilers which we noted a long time ago.The problem with the infinite loop is that the file august.oc had to have
lines starting with # removed and it was not being done. After this is done
with say sed(1) (like sed -i'' '/^#/d' august.oc which has been added to
@@ -2227,18 +2228,16 @@ but he missed that Yusuke added a’…’ after the result which made him think
the fix was wrong.
Cody also made the recommended change of the author to make it so that each number is printed on a line by itself rather than having a long string of -numbers on the same line. This was not put in an alternate version but perhaps -it should be.
+numbers on the same line.Cody also added the try.sh script.
Cody provided an alternate version which uses
-usleep() in between writing the output to make it easier to see what is going
-on with faster systems and importantly also for those who are sensitive to text
-flashing by rapidly (it affects him too but he also thinks it moves too fast
-nowadays anyway). We recommend that you try the alternate version first due to
+usleep() in between writing the output to make it easier to see what it looked
+like back in 1996 with modern systems and importantly also for those who are sensitive to text
+flashing by rapidly. We recommend that you try the alternate version first due to
these reasons.
Also, to fix any potential problem with displaying in GitHub the scripts
provided by the author, Cody added ‘.sh’ to the clock[1-3].sh scripts.
return 1).
Cody also added the try.sh script to try out a few commands that we recommended.
And although the scripts do chmod +x on the source code (see the index.html for
details) the source code is now executable by default.
cc -E.
vik2.possible.cat.death.c!) __FILE__
just to make it a bit easier to compile.
ints but this is no longe
toledo3.alt.c, based on the author’s remarks.
We’re not able to test this.
stdout needs to be set to binary mode.
sphere-tracing.pdf in case the link
eventually dies.
He also added the try.sh script.
y or Y.
diff showing differences when it
shouldn’t) and adding the ioccc.txt file.
Cody also added from 2019/mills the text file -Shakespeare.txt as we are considering to -have each entry have a tarball with the entry by itself.
-Also, to explain the confusing to most people award, Cody gave a quick
-translation of lámatyávë, which comes from History of Middle-earth [HoMe],
-volume X, Morgoth’s Ring, which he also has (and which is part of the 12 volume
-set by the late Christopher Tolkien, son and literary executor and heir to
-J.R.R. Tolkien).
Also, as a fellow Tolkienist, to explain the confusing (to most people) award
+title, Cody gave a quick translation of lámatyávë, which comes from Morgoth’s
+Ring, volume X of the 12
+volume History of
+Middle-earth (known
+to us Tolkienists as HoMe), which he naturally :-) has, by the late and great
+Christopher Tolkien, son
+and literary executor and heir to J.R.R.
+Tolkien.
A good number of the wining entries of the
+ A good number of the winning entries of the
IOCCC tested, identified and helped correct
and/or improve the write-ups of fellow IOCCC entries for the year that they won.
The list of those entries is too long to mention: nevertheless the IOCCC
@@ -4762,7 +4765,8 @@ inconsistent award titles in the README files and CSV file (that he generated
from the SQL file). Additionally Cody greatly improved the manifest of the winning entries and
checked that the generated html files, index.html and otherwise, look well and
-presentable.<img> to make images more responsive
+on smaller screens.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your extensive efforts in helping improve the IOCCC presentation of past IOCCC entries and fixing almost all past entries for modern systems!
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md index 26178c7bd..5a3d49af2 100644 --- a/thanks-for-help.md +++ b/thanks-for-help.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ on an IOCCC entry by entry basis.