diff --git a/thanks-for-help.html b/thanks-for-help.html index 0c3c85a5f..dee8b414c 100644 --- a/thanks-for-help.html +++ b/thanks-for-help.html @@ -1073,10 +1073,10 @@ useless cat, that’s why! For instance, the fact they even exist is proof that the Earth is NOT flat: because if it was they would have pushed everything off it by now! :-) They’re also a great joy to all ailurophiles and yes they most certainly do have a personality and they can be very sociable.

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Whilst he was at it, Cody made it so that one need not run the alt script or alt -code directly, to match that of the main entry. As we simulate the functionality -anyway, and since one may still run the code or the script (for the original -entry and the alternate code) anyway, it works out well.

+

Whilst he was at it, Cody made it so that one need not run the alt script or +alternate code directly, to match that of the main entry. As we simulate the +functionality anyway, and since one may still run the code or the script (for +the original entry and the alternate code) anyway, it works out well.

Winning entry: 1989/jar.2

Winning entry source code: jar.2.c

@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ entry does.

Cody fixed this to work with modern compilers; exit(3) returns void but the function was used in a binary expression so this wouldn’t even compile.

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Cody fixed (as above) and added the shortened version as alt +

Cody fixed (as above) and added the shortened version as alternate code which originally comes from the author.

Cody also changed the code (in both versions) to use fgets(3) instead of @@ -1736,9 +1736,9 @@ operator so that it could be used in binary expressions.

It was observed that on modern systems this goes much too quick. Yusuke created a patch that calls usleep(3) but Cody thought the value was too slow so he -made it a macro in the Makefile Z (which can be redefined with make SLEEP=...), defaulting at 15000. This was made an alt -version and it is recommended one use the alt -version first. See the index.html file to see how to reconfigure it.

+made it a macro in the Makefile Z (which can be redefined with make SLEEP=...), defaulting at 15000. This was made an alternate +version and it is recommended one use +the alternate version first. See the index.html file to see how to reconfigure it.

Cody also made the fixed version (the code relied on exit(3) returning to use in binary expressions) (and alternate code from it) more like the original by renaming the ext macro to be exit which uses the comma operator. He made it so the @@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ encourage you to try the original without two args :-)

Yusuke suggested that with modern systems this goes too fast so he added a call to usleep(3) in a patch he made. Cody made it configurable at compilation by -using a macro. This is in the alt +using a macro. This is in the alternate version which is the recommended one to try first.

@@ -3142,8 +3142,7 @@ to the proper compiled program (it’s hardcoded). This had never been done and the script did not even work (at least modernly?).

He also added the alternate code based on the author’s remarks which is a different approach than the one used and which -(according to the author) ‘is slower (particularly in worst-case or nearly so -scenarios), inelegant, and not a good starting place for sudoku generation.’

+(according to the author) ‘is slower (particularly in worst-case or nearly so scenarios), inelegant, and not a good starting place for sudoku generation.’

Cody added the try.sh and try.alt.sh scripts that correspond to the entry and alternate code respectively.

@@ -3393,11 +3392,12 @@ some versions do allow only one arg. This was done at first because it’s not used but Cody discovered that later versions of clang have an additional defect where it does not allow only one arg so the second arg to main() was added back.

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This was an unfortunate problem for the alternate code as he has been using Z for alt -code usleep() (for sleep) but in this case unfortunately the original entry -used Z in main() (though unused) so to make it more like the original Cody -renamed the macro Z for usleep() to S instead which can stand for sleep -and also it is kind of like a backwards Z. That way Z could be in main().

+

This was an unfortunate problem for the alternate code as he has been using Z +for alternate code usleep() (for sleep) but in this case unfortunately the +original entry used Z in main() (though unused) so to make it more like the +original Cody renamed the macro Z for usleep() to S instead which can +stand for sleep and also it is kind of like a backwards Z. That way Z could +be in main().

Cody also made sure that the Makefile links in libm as not all systems do this by default.

Since the author suggested that the lack of certain #includes might break the @@ -4361,7 +4361,7 @@ German umlauts and Eszett (ß) see the entry in b website.

Cody also added the try.sh and try.alt.sh scripts.

-

Finally he added the scripts for the different languages that use the alt +

Finally he added the scripts for the different languages that use the alternate version but with the caveat that only English appears to work. See the entry in bugs.html for more details.

diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md index 969095fd8..2f9f83ccb 100644 --- a/thanks-for-help.md +++ b/thanks-for-help.md @@ -984,10 +984,10 @@ the Earth is **NOT** flat: because if it was they would have pushed everything off it by now! :-) They're also a great joy to all ailurophiles and yes they most certainly do have a personality and they can be very sociable. -Whilst he was at it, Cody made it so that one need not run the alt script or alt -code directly, to match that of the main entry. As we simulate the functionality -anyway, and since one may still run the code or the script (for the original -entry and the alternate code) anyway, it works out well. +Whilst he was at it, Cody made it so that one need not run the alt script or +alternate code directly, to match that of the main entry. As we simulate the +functionality anyway, and since one may still run the code or the script (for +the original entry and the alternate code) anyway, it works out well.
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ entry does. [Cody](#cody) fixed this to work with modern compilers; `exit(3)` returns `void` but the function was used in a binary expression so this wouldn't even compile. -Cody fixed (as above) and added the shortened version as [alt +Cody fixed (as above) and added the shortened version as [alternate code](%%REPO_URL%%/1990/tbr/tbr.alt.c) which originally comes from the author. @@ -1933,9 +1933,9 @@ operator so that it could be used in binary expressions. It was observed that on modern systems this goes much too quick. [Yusuke](#yusuke) created a patch that calls `usleep(3)` but [Cody](#cody) thought the value was too slow so he made it a macro in the Makefile `Z` (which can be redefined with `make -SLEEP=...`), defaulting at 15000. This was made an [alt -version](%%REPO_URL%%/1992/kivinen/kivinen.alt.c) and it is recommended one use the alt -version first. See the index.html file to see how to reconfigure it. +SLEEP=...`), defaulting at 15000. This was made an [alternate +version](%%REPO_URL%%/1992/kivinen/kivinen.alt.c) and it is recommended one use +the alternate version first. See the index.html file to see how to reconfigure it. Cody also made the fixed version (the code relied on `exit(3)` returning to use in binary expressions) (and alternate code from it) more like the original by renaming @@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ encourage you to try the original without two args :-) [Yusuke](#yusuke) suggested that with modern systems this goes too fast so he added a call to `usleep(3)` in a patch he made. [Cody](#cody) made it configurable at compilation by -using a macro. This is in the [alt +using a macro. This is in the [alternate version](%%REPO_URL%%/1993/cmills/cmills.alt.c) which is the recommended one to try first. @@ -3881,8 +3881,8 @@ the script did not even work (at least modernly?). He also added the [alternate code](%%REPO_URL%%/2005/aidan/aidan.alt.c) based on the author's remarks which is a different approach than the one used and which -(according to the author) 'is slower (particularly in worst-case or nearly so -scenarios), inelegant, and not a good starting place for sudoku generation.' +(according to the author) '`is slower (particularly in worst-case or nearly so +scenarios), inelegant, and not a good starting place for sudoku generation.`' Cody added the [try.sh](%%REPO_URL%%/2005/aidan/try.sh) and [try.alt.sh](%%REPO_URL%%/2005/aidan/try.alt.sh) scripts that correspond to the entry and @@ -4249,11 +4249,12 @@ used but Cody discovered that later versions of `clang` have an additional defec where it does not allow only one arg so the second arg to `main()` was added back. -This was an unfortunate problem for the alternate code as he has been using Z for alt -code `usleep()` (for sleep) but in this case unfortunately the original entry -used `Z` in `main()` (though unused) so to make it more like the original Cody -renamed the macro `Z` for `usleep()` to `S` instead which can stand for sleep -and also it is kind of like a backwards `Z`. That way `Z` could be in `main()`. +This was an unfortunate problem for the alternate code as he has been using Z +for alternate code `usleep()` (for sleep) but in this case unfortunately the +original entry used `Z` in `main()` (though unused) so to make it more like the +original Cody renamed the macro `Z` for `usleep()` to `S` instead which can +stand for sleep and also it is kind of like a backwards `Z`. That way `Z` could +be in `main()`. Cody also made sure that the Makefile links in `libm` as not all systems do this by default. @@ -5622,7 +5623,7 @@ website. Cody also added the [try.sh](%%REPO_URL%%/2019/ciura/try.sh) and [try.alt.sh](%%REPO_URL%%/2019/ciura/try.alt.sh) scripts. -Finally he added the scripts for the different languages that use the alt +Finally he added the scripts for the different languages that use the alternate version but with the caveat that only English appears to work. See the [entry in bugs.html](bugs.html#2019-ciura) for more details.