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```
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### Bugs and (Mis)features:
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The current status of this entry is:
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```
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STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
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```
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For more detailed information see [2015 schweikhardt in bugs.md](/bugs.md#2015-schweikhardt).
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## To use:
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```sh
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@@ -17,7 +28,7 @@ where n is a base 16 number of any size.
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### Try:
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```sh
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./prog 19
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./try.sh
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```
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@@ -35,7 +46,8 @@ The code compiles without warnings on the systems that we tested!
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Even more, the code was 100% clean when we ran it against various
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static source checkers.
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This tool references a problem that David I. Bell once described
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This tool references a problem that [David I.
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Bell](http://members.tip.net.au/~dbell/) once described
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as having one of the largest "yummo quotients" in number theory:
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```
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@@ -44,11 +56,13 @@ yummo quotient = -----------------------------------
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complexity of the problem statement
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```
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Erdős privately told one of the IOCCC judges:
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[Erdős](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erdős) privately told one of the IOCCC judges:
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> Solving the [Generalized Riemann
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hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_Riemann_hypothesis#Extended_Riemann_hypothesis_.28ERH.29)
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would be a good warm-up exercise for someone to get ready to begin to work on
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the [Collatz conjecture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture).
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"Solving the [Generalized Riemann hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_Riemann_hypothesis#Extended_Riemann_hypothesis_.28ERH.29)
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would be a good warmup exercise for someone to get ready
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to begin to work on the [Collatz conjecture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture)."
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You may explore this famous conjecture using this entry:
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@@ -64,6 +78,8 @@ You may explore this famous conjecture using this entry:
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./prog 302ab3d052fb87c06228d249581be0e4
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```
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NOTE: [try.sh](try.sh) runs these for you, filtered through `less(1)`.
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When you first look at the source, the code looks fairly straightforward.
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But look again. Like the Collatz conjecture, simplicity is deceptive!
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Oh, and the variable names? They are not simple single letter variables,
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@@ -78,6 +94,7 @@ code is magic number free.
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## Author's remarks:
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### The TL;DR version
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This is the cleanest program ever submitted. If for some input it enters
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@@ -90,19 +107,24 @@ The program illustrates the bloat caused by adherence to too many rules,
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each of which may sound sane in isolation, but in their entirety lead to
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an obfuscated, hard to read and understand monster.
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### What this program does.
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The program tests whether a given natural number satisfies the
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[Collatz Conjecture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture):
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Take any natural number `n`. If `n` is even, divide it by `2` to get `n/2`.
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If `n` is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1 to obtain `3n + 1`.
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Repeat the process indefinitely.
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Take any natural number `n`. If `n` is even, divide it by `2` to get `n/2`. If
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`n` is odd, multiply it by `3` and add `1` to obtain `3n + 1`. Repeat the
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process indefinitely.
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The conjecture is that no matter what number you start with,
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you eventually reach 1.
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you eventually reach `1`.
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Paul Erdős said about the Collatz conjecture:
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"Mathematics may not be ready for such problems."
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> "Mathematics may not be ready for such problems."
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He also offered $500 for its solution.
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For example, the sequence of numbers for `n` = 6 is
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@@ -113,14 +135,19 @@ Continuing past one leads to the *cycle* 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, ...
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Interesting factoid: if you allow *negative* start values, there are
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a few more cycles, each of different length:
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> −1, −2, −1
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>
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> −5, −14, −7, −20, −10, −5
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>
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> −17, −50, −25, −74, −37, −110, −55, −164, −82, −41, −122, −61, −182, −91, −272, −136, −68, −34, −17
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```
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−1, −2, −1
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−5, −14, −7, −20, −10, −5
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−17, −50, −25, −74, −37, −110, −55, −164,
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−82, −41, −122, −61, −182, −91, −272, −136,
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−68, −34, −17
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```
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The program computes the sequence for a given positive natural number
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and stops at 1. The number `n` is specified in hexadecimal (without 0x
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and stops at `1`. The number `n` is specified in hexadecimal (without `0x`
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prefix) as the first argument. The program prints the given number in
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zero-padded hex and each iteration along with a line count in decimal.
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The example above looks like this (compiled with 64 bit word size):
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@@ -139,7 +166,7 @@ $ ./prog 6
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```
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The size of `n` is only limited by the argument size limit of your
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shell/OS (the program implements arbitrary size bignums).
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shell/OS (the program implements arbitrary size `bignum`s).
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To query this on your POSIX system, run
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```sh
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@@ -172,7 +199,7 @@ For a given `n` the program behavior is one of the following 3:
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mathematicians have tested all `n < 4FFDD776055A0000` (~10<sup>18</sup>) so
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don't try anything less than that.
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2. The chosen `n` leads to a sequence with ever bigger numbers, so that
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eventually the bignum cannot be stored in memory. If this happens, the program
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eventually the `bignum` cannot be stored in memory. If this happens, the program
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outputs `laugh` (more likely) or `throw up` (less likely) and stops. You *might*
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have found a number for which the sequence *diverges*. If confirmed, this
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disproves the conjecture.
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@@ -180,6 +207,7 @@ disproves the conjecture.
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the same sequence over and over). You have disproved the conjecture and should
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certainly submit a paper to the nearest mathematical journal.
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### Design objectives
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I gave myself the following objectives. Like in real world programming,
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@@ -188,11 +216,11 @@ continuum, where trade-offs have to be made.
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1. No arbitrary limits on the input number. 64 bits might be enough
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for everybody, but is not enough for exploring new Collatz-territory.
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Thus bignums are required.
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Thus `bignums` are required.
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2. Ultra-portable. Must run on C89 systems and self-adapt to C99 and C11
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features like exact width types.
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3. Super-efficient. Must be able to run with the widest type as the
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base of the bignums. Make the user select the widest type supported
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base of the `bignums`. Make the user select the widest type supported
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by the implementation and then crunch away. If a non-standard
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128bit type is available, it should be usable.
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4. Pentagon level lint cleanliness and MISRA compliance.
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@@ -200,6 +228,7 @@ by the implementation and then crunch away. If a non-standard
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programmers. The epitome of best practice demonstration for all
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future textbooks on C.
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### Program Obfuscation
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In the following I address all the *tests* as specified by your honors in the
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@@ -214,6 +243,7 @@ In the following I address all the *tests* as specified by your honors in the
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* compile it (with flags to enable all warnings)
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* execute it
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### Look at the original source
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Using one letter identifiers is quite old. I decided to use TLI (three
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@@ -250,44 +280,48 @@ acid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteinogenic_amino_acid)):
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glx Glutamic acid or Glutamine
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xle Leucine or Isoleucine
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unk Unknown
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``
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```
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My own research results complete this list (not yet in Wikipedia due to
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the rule "[No original
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research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research)"):
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```
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and Androgynine
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xor Xenoricine
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not Notanamine
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tla Triletramine
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and Androgynine
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xor Xenoricine
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not Notanamine
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tla Triletramine
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```
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Interestingly, the TLI are the perfect mnemonics for C language source.
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For example, `met` is "Main's Exit Type" (`int`), `ala` is "A Large
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Algebraic" (bignum), `ile` an "Incremented Local Entity" (index
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counter), `gly` means "Grow Larger memorY", `gln` is "Grown Larger Now"
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(after realloc), `not` is a "Not Overflowing Type" (recursive!), `unk`
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is the "UNit (Known as 1)", `trp` is the "Tabula Rasa Product" (zero),
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`phe` is "Print HEx" and so on.
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For example, `met` is "`main()'s Exit Type`" (`int`), `ala` is "`A Large
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Algebraic`" (`bignum`), `ile` an "`Incremented Local Entity`" (index
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counter), `gly` means "`Grow Larger memorY`", `gln` is "`Grown Larger Now`"
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(after `realloc(3)`), `not` is a "`Not Overflowing Type`" (recursive!), `unk`
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is the "`UNit (Known as 1)`", `trp` is the "`Tabula Rasa Product`" (zero),
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`phe` is "`Print HEx`" and so on.
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### Convert ANSI trigraphs to ASCII
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Huh??!
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### C pre-process the source ignoring '#include' lines
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### C pre-process the source ignoring `#include` lines
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Wow, an identity operation (except for the `<stdint.h>` and `EOF + __STDC__`
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trivialities). Did you gain any insight through this?
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### C pre-process the source ignoring '#define' and '#include' lines
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`#define`? Which `#define` directives? How many 4K source files do you
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see that neither use a single `#define` directive *nor* abuse the build
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see that don't use a single `#define` directive *or* abuse the build
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file? Even though the "no `#define`" rule I submitted myself to made it
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hard, I could use `__LINE__` and stdio macros `EOF`, `L_tmpnam`,
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hard, I could use `__LINE__` and `stdio.h` macros `EOF`, `L_tmpnam`,
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`BUFSIZ`, `FILENAME_MAX`, `TMP_MAX` to obfuscate at least something.
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### Run it through a C beautifier
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Another identity operation. I've done it for you already. Use this
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-Tala
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```
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It looks like a perfect program should:
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It looks like a perfect program should have:
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* two and a half `#includes` of unsuspicious standard headers
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* two and a half `#include`s of non-suspicious standard headers
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* followed by self protection against goofy implementations
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* followed by a handful of `typedef`s
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* and a pair of file scope objects by necessity
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* prototypes! With parameter names! `static` for internal linkage even! This __must__ be a first in IOCCC history.
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* function definitions, `main` last
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* everything is fully const-poisoned: automatics, statics, arguments, even `main`
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* everything is fully `const`-poisoned: automatics, statics, arguments, even `main`
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* everything is fully curly braced, even single statements
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* plenty of meaningful TLC (Three Letter Comments)
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@@ -332,10 +366,11 @@ engineers). How many programs have *that* property? The check for
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`__STDC_VERSION__` was a bit tough to arrive at, since 199901L has too
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many bits set. But I realized that I only needed a number larger than
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199409 and less than 199901. 199680 has only 4 bits set and writing it
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as (256 + 128 + 4 + 2) * 512 minimizes the character count. That's what
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as `(256 + 128 + 4 + 2) * 512` minimizes the character count. That's what
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judges get when they don't like programs that are longer than they need
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to be.
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### Examine the algorithm
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Spoilers ahead. Duh!
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}
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```
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Bignums are represented as the two member structs
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`Bignum`s are represented as the two member `struct`s:
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```c
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typedef struct {
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size_t places; /* number of places in base 2<sup>8*sizeof(type)</sup> */
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size_t places; /* number of places in base 2 to the power of (8*sizeof(type)) */
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type *number; /* dynamically allocated memory for number */
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} bignum
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```
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### Compile it (with flags to enable all warnings)
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Here's where the program shines brighter than a [gamma-ray
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@@ -381,19 +417,21 @@ analyzers at my program and make it find the slightest of issues.
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Is `clang -Wall -Wextra -Weverything -Dtyp=uint32_t prog.c` all you can
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do? Clang has implemented a new warning? Bring it on!
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### Execute it
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May you win the jackpot!
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For least surprising results, the execution character set should be
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ASCII. The program computes four bits from every character in `argv[1]` and
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interprets them as a hex digit. On ASCII the characters a-f, A-F and 0-9
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are converted as expected.
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For least surprising results, the execution character set should be ASCII. The
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program computes four bits from every character in `argv[1]` and interprets them
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as a hex digit. In ASCII the characters `a-f`, `A-F` and `0-9` are converted as
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expected.
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This means however, that the program accepts __any string__, turns it
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into a starting number (which is output as the first line), and starts
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crunching. Nothing stops you from executing
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```sh
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./prog "$(cat prog.c)" # Kind of quine?
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./prog "$(cat rules guidelines)" # A jackpot? Maybe next year...
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In a certain way, the program is character set and encoding agnostic.
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### Assumptions made
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* The `EOF` macro from `<stdio.h>` must expand to negative one since it is used
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* The `EOF` macro from `<stdio.h>` must expand to `-1` since it is used
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to decrement a pointer and do some other math.
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None of the tools catches this one. The program self-protects against unusual
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systems with `#if EOF + __STDC__` followed by `#error goofy!`. In the rare event
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@@ -414,12 +453,14 @@ your system is goofy, replace all `EOF` tokens with `(-1)` and remove the
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While the program works best when bytes/characters are octets and the
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number of bits in a type is `sizeof(typ) << 3`, it will work correctly
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on 24bit or 36bit systems with 9 bits/byte, or systems where
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on 24-bit or 36-bit systems with 9 bits/byte, or systems where
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`sizeof(typ)` is 1 even for `int` and so on. On such systems, it will only
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use 8 * `sizeof(typ)` bits per place. It does not work when `CHAR_BIT <= 7`.
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use `8 * sizeof(typ)` bits per place. It does not work when `CHAR_BIT <= 7`.
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### Results of various checkers
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### cppcheck
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The open source static checker [cppcheck](http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/)
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@@ -451,12 +492,11 @@ No hits found.
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#### valgrind
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The open source dynamic checker [valgrind](http://valgrind.org/)
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runs an executable and verifies all memory accesses and (de)allocations for
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proper bounds and memory leaks.
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Since the program frees all memory in all possible execution paths, even when
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it must bail out,
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valgrind should be happy. An early version of my program however reported this:
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The open source dynamic checker [valgrind](http://valgrind.org/) runs an
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executable and verifies all memory accesses and (de)allocations for proper
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bounds and memory leaks. Since the program frees all memory in all possible
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execution paths, even when it must bail out, valgrind should be happy. An early
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version of my program however reported this:
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```
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valgrind --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all ./prog 6
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==14615== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
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```
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From which I concluded that `printf` allocated a single 4K block for
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which no matching free existed. But how to free memory allocated deep
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From which I concluded that `printf(3)` allocated a single 4K block for
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which no matching `free(3)` existed. But how to free memory allocated deep
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down in the guts of the Standard I/O library? After some serious head
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scratching it hit me. The only chance I have is telling the system I no
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longer want to do I/O, maybe then it would free that buffer. A reading
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A squeaky clean valgrind result!
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#### FlexeLint
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FlexeLint is a commercial lint tool by [Gimpel
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@@ -568,7 +609,7 @@ rules](http://doc.hcc-embedded.com/display/CODING/MISRA+Rules) for C
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programming. I am proud to report that my program fulfills *almost all*
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rules. To assess the few exceptions, one has to understand that MISRA
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rules are geared towards embedded systems used in the automotive
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industry. That's why features like `malloc` and `printf` are right out.
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industry. That's why features like `malloc(3)` and `printf(3)` are right out.
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But that's too restrictive for an IOCCC hosted application, so I ignored
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these:
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@@ -578,7 +619,7 @@ these:
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* 20.9 The input/output library stdio.h shall not be used in production code.
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* 20.11 The functions abort, exit, getenv, and system from the library stdlib.h shall not be used.
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I started out with enabling *all* messages using FlexeLint's `-w4`
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I started out with enabling *all* messages using `FlexeLint`'s `-w4`
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option and disabling all noise from system headers. Then I dealt with
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the remaining messages by addressing them or suppressing them in such a way
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that the set of suppressions was minimal. At the end of the day, this is
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@@ -652,7 +693,7 @@ what remained:
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Which of the rules cause which obfuscation?
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MISRA 6.1, "The plain char type shall be used only for the storage and
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MISRA 6.1: "The plain `char` type shall be used only for the storage and
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use of character values." This forbids using character constants in
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expressions other than assignments to `char` objects. A consequence is
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that printing digits with `'0' + digit` is not allowed (even though
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@@ -666,19 +707,19 @@ because of the "no magic numbers other than powers of two" rule. How is this
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an improvement over `printf("%c", '0' + tyr + 7 * (tyr / 10)`, MISRA?
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MISRA 6.3 "typedefs that indicate size and signedness should be used in
|
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MISRA 6.3: "`typedef`s that indicate size and signedness should be used in
|
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place of the basic types." Well, if you can't infer the size and
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signedness from `typedef int met`, you're not a real C programmer.
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|
||||
|
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MISRA 10.5, "If the bitwise operators `~` and `<<` are applied to an
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||||
MISRA 10.5: "If the bitwise operators `~` and `<<` are applied to an
|
||||
operand of underlying type `unsigned char` or `unsigned short`, the
|
||||
result shall be immediately cast to the underlying type of the operand."
|
||||
Because the program must work for any unsigned type chosen for the `typ`
|
||||
macro, including the narrow types enumerated in the rule, a lot of
|
||||
redundant casting ensues. It gets worse with the next rule...
|
||||
|
||||
MISRA 12.1, "Limited dependence should be placed on the C operator
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||||
MISRA 12.1: "Limited dependence should be placed on the C operator
|
||||
precedence rules in expressions." This requires parentheses for almost
|
||||
all expressions involving more than one operator, especially those for which
|
||||
a cast is required, leading to hard to understand expressions such as
|
||||
@@ -688,17 +729,17 @@ const ser glx = (ser)((asx > (ser)64u) ? (ser)((ser)asx + (ser)8u + (ser)1u) : (
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||||
not.not[leu] = (and)((and)not.not[leu] | (and)(((and)glx % (and)16u) << (and)lys));
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
MISRA 14.7, "A function shall have a single point of exit at the end of
|
||||
MISRA 14.7: "A function shall have a single point of exit at the end of
|
||||
the function." Sigh. Since I must use eloquent prototypes (8.1, 16.3,
|
||||
16.4) and static functions (8.10, 8.11), I can only use a few functions.
|
||||
Everything usually written with an early `return` now cause *another
|
||||
useless indent level*. The first three `if` statements in `main` cause a
|
||||
useless indent level*. The first three `if` statements in `main()` cause a
|
||||
silly 24 character indent. The maximum indent is forced to 8, which is way
|
||||
too high for a sane function.
|
||||
|
||||
MISRA 16.10, "If a function returns error information, then that error
|
||||
information shall be tested." A cast to void would draw a lint warning, so
|
||||
I use the `printf` result in expressions,
|
||||
MISRA 16.10: "If a function returns error information, then that error
|
||||
information shall be tested." A cast to `void` would draw a lint warning, so
|
||||
I use the `printf(3)` result in expressions,
|
||||
|
||||
```c
|
||||
lys -= 4 * printf("%c", (met)tyr + 32 + 16 + ((8 + EOF) * ((met)tyr / (8 + 2))));
|
||||
@@ -715,15 +756,15 @@ lys -= 4;
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
MISRA 13.1, "Assignment operators shall not be used in expressions that
|
||||
MISRA 13.1: "Assignment operators shall not be used in expressions that
|
||||
yield a Boolean value." Forbids the idiomatic `if ((p = malloc(n)) ==
|
||||
NULL)` and requires separate statements, in other words, bloat.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
MISRA 16.7, "A pointer parameter in a function prototype should be
|
||||
declared as pointer to const if the pointer is not used to modify the
|
||||
MISRA 16.7: "A pointer parameter in a function prototype should be
|
||||
declared as pointer to `const` if the pointer is not used to modify the
|
||||
addressed object." in conjunction with lint's "Note 952: Parameter could
|
||||
be declared const" causes const-poisoning for all functions,
|
||||
be declared `const`" causes `const`-poisoning for all functions,
|
||||
|
||||
```c
|
||||
static void phe(const ala not);
|
||||
@@ -733,11 +774,13 @@ met main(met val, const pro *const his[]);
|
||||
|
||||
and quite a number of automatic variables.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
### Why the "laugh" and "throw up" messages?
|
||||
|
||||
The guidelines state "We like programs that: make us laugh and/or throw
|
||||
up :-) (humor really helps!)"
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
### If you have a 128 bit type
|
||||
|
||||
If your compiler supports a 128 bit wide type (e.g. clang, gcc) then
|
||||
@@ -757,24 +800,25 @@ clang -Dtyp=uint64_t -o prog64 prog.c
|
||||
clang -std=c89 -Dtyp="unsigned long" -o prog89 prog.c
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
This works because the program has no need for corresponding `SCN` or
|
||||
`PRI` macros to do the scanning and printing of variables of these
|
||||
types. With a 128 bit type the program can represent numbers up to
|
||||
340282366920938463463374607431768211457 (3.4 * 10<sup>39</sup>) as a
|
||||
single "place", enough to explore yet untested numbers for the rest of
|
||||
your life.
|
||||
This works because the program has no need for corresponding `SCN` or `PRI`
|
||||
macros to do the scanning and printing of variables of these types. With a 128
|
||||
bit type the program can represent numbers up to
|
||||
340282366920938463463374607431768211457 (`3.4 *
|
||||
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000`) as a single "place", enough to
|
||||
explore yet untested numbers for the rest of your life.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
### How big a number can I test with 4 GB of RAM?
|
||||
|
||||
The number of hex digits in the start number is limited by `ARG_MAX`,
|
||||
probably minus some overhead for the environment variables (use
|
||||
[`env`(1)](http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/env.html)
|
||||
to trim your environment). In bits this leaves you with 2<sup>4 *
|
||||
ARG_MAX</sup>.
|
||||
[env(1)](http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/env.html)
|
||||
to trim your environment). In bits this leaves you with `2 to the power of (4 *
|
||||
ARG_MAX)`.
|
||||
|
||||
The algorithm requires two bignums in memory for addition.
|
||||
The algorithm requires two `bignum`s in memory for addition.
|
||||
If you hit a divergent number, this will cause out-of-memory ("laugh")
|
||||
somewhere near 2<sup>16,000,000,000</sup> (4GB/2 * 8bits/byte).
|
||||
somewhere near 2<sup>16,000,000,000</sup> (`4GB/2 * 8bits/byte`).
|
||||
Sadly, I don't have a test case :-)
|
||||
|
||||
How long would it take to overflow the *Not Overflowing Type*? Lets
|
||||
@@ -782,11 +826,11 @@ assume we're processing 2GB numbers. The program copies, shifts by one,
|
||||
adds and increments 2GB long bit strings, each time completely thrashing
|
||||
the data cache -- at *all* levels. We have a fast machine that can do an
|
||||
iteration in one second, on average. To make things easy, we round up
|
||||
3*n* + 1 to 4*n*, and assume we never need to divide by two (which is
|
||||
`3*n* + 1` to `4*n`, and assume we never need to divide by two (which is
|
||||
quite optimistic). Then each iteration shifts left by 2. This would take
|
||||
8 billion seconds, or about 250 years. If you want to get famous, you
|
||||
better *remove* some of the RAM, use an ancient box, or reduce available
|
||||
memory resources with the ulimit(1) built-in of your shell.
|
||||
memory resources with the `ulimit(1)` built-in of your shell.
|
||||
|
||||
For all intents and purposes, the *Not Overflowing Type* keeps the promise!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Executable
+51
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
|
||||
#!/usr/bin/env bash
|
||||
#
|
||||
# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2015/schweikhardt
|
||||
#
|
||||
|
||||
# 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="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
|
||||
|
||||
# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
|
||||
clear
|
||||
|
||||
echo "$ ./prog 19" 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 19
|
||||
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog 2410 (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 2410 | less -EXF
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog abfff (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog abfff | less -EXF
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog 27f8cebf (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 27f8cebf | less -EXF
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog 246f8fddf (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 246f8fddf | less -EXF
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog 2e95ab51ffea9de (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 2e95ab51ffea9de | less -EXF
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog e6a5c22fd7bde9f (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog e6a5c22fd7bde9f | less -EXF
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog 1b7dd73a937485bf (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 1b7dd73a937485bf | less -EXF
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog 7d3237680d190a77e53751b (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 7d3237680d190a77e53751b | less -EXF
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog 302ab3d052fb87c06228d249581be0e4 (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 302ab3d052fb87c06228d249581be0e4 | less -EXF
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run ./prog with a googol (10^100) (space = next page, q = quit): "
|
||||
echo 1>&2
|
||||
./prog 1249AD2594C37CEB0B2784C4CE0BF38ACE408E211A7CAAB24308A82E8F10000000000000000000000000 | less -EXF
|
||||
@@ -3061,6 +3061,37 @@ If you want to try and fix this (mis)feature, you are welcome to try.
|
||||
# 2015
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 2015 hou
|
||||
|
||||
### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
|
||||
### Source code: [2015/hou/prog.c](2015/hou/prog.c)
|
||||
### Information: [2015/hou/README.md](2015/hou/README.md)
|
||||
|
||||
The author stated:
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
|
||||
Hard requirements:
|
||||
|
||||
* The platform must implement the `double` type as IEEE754-compliant 64-bit
|
||||
floating point numbers. The 80-bit intermediate format used by x87 is
|
||||
considered as an violation of this. The code should print an error message on
|
||||
such platforms.
|
||||
|
||||
* The program must start with the CPU / FPU in round-to-nearest mode.
|
||||
|
||||
Soft requirements:
|
||||
|
||||
* The compiler must respect `volatile`. The code is formatted to warn about
|
||||
that, though.
|
||||
|
||||
* The printed result is only correct on little-endian machines. The program
|
||||
takes care to warn about this issue after printing an incorrect big-endian
|
||||
result. Error messages become garbled, though.
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 2015 mills2
|
||||
|
||||
### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
|
||||
@@ -3073,6 +3104,28 @@ is not compressed data it's likely to crash.
|
||||
The program depends on little endian systems.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 2015 schweikhardt
|
||||
|
||||
### STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
|
||||
### Source code: [2015/schweikhardt/prog.c](2015/schweikhardt/prog.c)
|
||||
### Information: [2015/schweikhardt/README.md](2015/schweikhardt/README.md)
|
||||
|
||||
The program assumes that `EOF` is `-1`. This can be fixed but at this time it is
|
||||
uncertain if it should be.
|
||||
|
||||
The author also stated:
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
|
||||
While the program works best when bytes/characters are octets and the
|
||||
number of bits in a type is `sizeof(typ) << 3`, it will work correctly
|
||||
on 24-bit or 36-bit systems with 9 bits/byte, or systems where
|
||||
`sizeof(typ)` is 1 even for `int` and so on. On such systems, it will only
|
||||
use `8 * sizeof(typ)` bits per place. It does not work when `CHAR_BIT <= 7`.
|
||||
|
||||
--
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
# 2016
|
||||
|
||||
There was no IOCCC in 2016.
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -3884,6 +3884,11 @@ past).
|
||||
[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](/2015/muth/try.sh) script.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## <a name="2015_schweikhardt"></a>[2015/endoh3](/2015/schweikhardt/prog.c) ([README.md](/2015/schweikhardt/README.md]))
|
||||
|
||||
[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](2015/schweikhardt/try.sh) script.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## <a name="2015_yang"></a>[2015/yang](/2015/yang/prog.c) ([README.md](/2015/yang/README.md]))
|
||||
|
||||
[Cody](#cody) fixed an unfortunate typo in the Makefile that was preventing some of the
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in new issue
Block a user