Landon Curt Noll
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We move `tmp/format-headers.sh` into `bin/format-headers.sh`. We also add a few missing empty lines to `README.md`. We add `bin/format-headers.sh` to the `bin/README.md`. We run `bin/format-headers.sh` to perform the above. Performed `make www` to accomplish the above and to test under macOS.
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## To build:
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``` <!---sh-->
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make all
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```
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There is an alternate version for those with an old enough compiler or for those
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who wish to see how C changed over the years. See [Alternate
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code](#alternate-code) below.
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### Bugs and (Mis)features:
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The current status of this entry is:
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> **STATUS: INABIAF - please DO NOT fix**
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For more detailed information see [1990/westley in bugs.html](../../bugs.html#1990_westley).
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## To use:
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``` <!---sh-->
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./westley <number>
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```
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The number should be greater than 0.
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## Try:
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``` <!---sh-->
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./try.sh
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```
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## Alternate code:
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The alternate code is provided to show how C changed.
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### Alternate build:
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If you have an old enough compiler or if you want to see how C changed over the
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years:
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``` <!---sh-->
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make alt
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```
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### Alternate use:
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Assuming that `westley.alt` compiles:
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``` <!---sh-->
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./westley.alt <number>
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```
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## Judges' remarks:
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If you would rather "Daisy" someone other than Westley, rename
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the program as needed. :-)
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Read each block of code as if it were a piece of correspondence.
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For example, the first block of code would read:
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```
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charlie,
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doubletime me, OXFACE!
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not interested, get out
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mainly die, charly, *die*
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signed charlotte
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```
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The original source had control-L's after each code block. To
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make it easier on news readers, we converted each control-L to
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a blank line.
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## Author's remarks:
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This is a "Picking the Daisy" simulation. Now, instead of mangling a
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daisy, simply run this program with the number of petals desired as
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the argument.
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This is a good counter-example to peoples' complaints that C doesn't
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have an "English-like" syntax.
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Lint complains about everything - null effect, xxx may be used before
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set, statement not reached, return(e) and return. Lint dumps core
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on some systems. My personal favorite lint complaint is
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> warning: eroticism unused in function `main`.
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Also obviously, `(char)lotte` and `(char*)lie` are incompatible types...
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<!--
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Copyright © 1984-2024 by Landon Curt Noll. All Rights Reserved.
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You are free to share and adapt this file under the terms of this license:
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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For more information, see:
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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