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Landon Curt Noll f64f244ba6 update due to recent commits
The largest change was due to modifying `ioccc.css`
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Ran `make update` to perform the above.
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To build:

    make all

There is an alternate version for those with a compiler that support -traditional-cpp. See Alternate code below.

To use:

    ./wall

Alternate code:

This version is the original but which can be used if you have a compiler that supports the -traditional-cpp option.

Alternate build:

        make alt

Alternate use:

Use wall.alt as you would wall above.

Judges' remarks:

The original version did not have a ';' character in the first line. This caused a number of System V C pre-preprocessors to gripe about a syntax error.

This program is a masterpiece of obfuscation and humor. Larry Wall (the hacker who gave us rn and patch, etc.) asks you to compile and consider the warning message generated by the C compiler. Then execute the program and type characters into its standard input. You will see why the compiler documents the program.

Author's remarks:

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