From e5ef2978f6948b31e8ea4ab64aadad476a20632e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 08:05:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Revisit 1985 entries

Updated the README.md files.

Renamed shapiro/shapiro.orig.c -> shapiro/shapiro.alt.c. This is one of
the exceptions where we have the alt version as this alt version is not
actually in the archive tarball (there are other exceptions for various
reasons).
---
 1985/applin/README.md                          |  3 +--
 1985/august/README.md                          | 10 +++++++++-
 1985/lycklama/README.md                        |  4 +++-
 1985/shapiro/README.md                         |  4 ++--
 1985/shapiro/{shapiro.orig.c => shapiro.alt.c} |  0
 1985/sicherman/Makefile                        |  3 +--
 1985/sicherman/README.md                       |  9 ++++-----
 7 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 rename 1985/shapiro/{shapiro.orig.c => shapiro.alt.c} (100%)

diff --git a/1985/applin/README.md b/1985/applin/README.md
index 1d03d457b..166983f60 100644
--- a/1985/applin/README.md
+++ b/1985/applin/README.md
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ Jack Applin [with help from Robert Heckendorn]
 
         make all
 
-## Try:
-
+## To run:
 
 	./applin
 
diff --git a/1985/august/README.md b/1985/august/README.md
index f88e6bded..4ba694b92 100644
--- a/1985/august/README.md
+++ b/1985/august/README.md
@@ -7,11 +7,19 @@ Lennart Augustsson
 
         make all
 
+## To run:
+
+	./august
 
 ## Try:
 
 
-	./august
+	./august | head -n 10
+
+If you have the `primes(6)` tool (sometimes part of BSD Games) you can see
+what of the output in the first N (say 15) lines are primes:
+
+	while read -r n ; do primes "$n" $((n + 1)) ; done < <((./august | head -n 15 ))
 
 
 ## Judges' comments:
diff --git a/1985/lycklama/README.md b/1985/lycklama/README.md
index 2d95515ea..3bf070056 100644
--- a/1985/lycklama/README.md
+++ b/1985/lycklama/README.md
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ Ed Lycklama
 
         make all
 
-NOTE: This entry uses non-standard args to main() that do not work with modern compilers.
 
+## To run:
+
+	./lycklama < some_file
 
 ## Try:
 
diff --git a/1985/shapiro/README.md b/1985/shapiro/README.md
index ffe872d2d..e1fa78e1d 100644
--- a/1985/shapiro/README.md
+++ b/1985/shapiro/README.md
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ Carl Shapiro
 
 As submitted, this program was 3 lines (2 of defines and 1 of code).
 To make news & mail happy we split the last line into 7. The file
-[shapiro.orig.c](shapiro.orig.c) is the original version.
+[shapiro.alt.c](shapiro.alt.c) is the original version.
 
 
 This program was selected for the 1987 t-shirt collection.
 
 We found this program is be simply a**maze**ing! Run this program without
-arguments and notice the output.
+arguments and notice the output. 
 
 
 Copyright (c) 1985, Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel.
diff --git a/1985/shapiro/shapiro.orig.c b/1985/shapiro/shapiro.alt.c
similarity index 100%
rename from 1985/shapiro/shapiro.orig.c
rename to 1985/shapiro/shapiro.alt.c
diff --git a/1985/sicherman/Makefile b/1985/sicherman/Makefile
index 2a9ee097a..01d2e7cf4 100644
--- a/1985/sicherman/Makefile
+++ b/1985/sicherman/Makefile
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ all: ${DATA} ${TARGET}
 	supernova deep_magic magic charon pluto
 
 ${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
-	@echo "NOTE: This entry will not compile when using clang because it does not support"
-	@echo "      -traditional-cpp but it should compile with gcc."
+	@echo "NOTE: NOTE: this entry requires a compiler that supports -traditional-cpp."
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LIBS}
 
 # alternative executable
diff --git a/1985/sicherman/README.md b/1985/sicherman/README.md
index bfcc2a137..22bd6d2a4 100644
--- a/1985/sicherman/README.md
+++ b/1985/sicherman/README.md
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ Col. G. L. Sicherman
 
         make all
 
-NOTE: This entry uses non-standard args to main() that do not work with modern compilers.
+NOTE: This entry requires a compiler that support `-traditional-cpp`.
 
-NOTE: This entry requires a non-standard K&R C compiler to compile.
 
 ## Judges' comments:
 
-This program abuses the C preprocessor so much that some /lib/cpp's fail to
+This program abuses the C preprocessor so much that some /lib/cpp fail to
 strip out all of the comments on the first pass!  If you were able to
 understand Decot's entry in 1984, you will have a head start on this
 one.
@@ -21,8 +20,8 @@ Be sure to run this program through lint!  If your lint works
 correctly, it should warn you that the argument 'Manual' isn't used.
 Like the program says, what's that mean?
 
-Run the program without arguments and enter the letters 'a' thru 'm'
-on a line.  Now enter the letters 'n' thru 'z'.  But to borrow a quote
+Run the program without arguments and enter the letters 'a' through 'm'
+on a line.  Now enter the letters 'n' through 'z'.  But to borrow a quote
 from Richard Stallman: If you think you understand what this code
 does, then you don't, so read it again!  Explain why: