From e27906cbad42c931d803f23619b51bcbf3b48fd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 03:50:05 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve 1996/gandalf/try.sh

Get CC defaulting at cc.

BTW: it's absolutely perilous to 'try' the patience of Gandalf. Go ahead,
'try' it! :-)
---
 1996/gandalf/try.sh | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/1996/gandalf/try.sh b/1996/gandalf/try.sh
index 03128d772..b7dd5acbb 100755
--- a/1996/gandalf/try.sh
+++ b/1996/gandalf/try.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - show IOCCC winner 1996/gandalf
+#
+# BTW: it is absolutely perilous to 'try' the patience of Gandalf: go ahead,
+# 'try it'! :-)
+#
 
-make all 1>/dev/null || exit 1
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
 
 # remove temporary files to show later
 rm -f hatcat.txt cathat.txt hatcat2.txt cathat2.txt hatcat3.txt cathat3.txt