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## Award presentation:
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Watch the [Our Favorite Universe](https://www.youtube.com/@OurFavoriteUniverse)
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YouTube show for this entry:
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> [IOCCC28 - 2024/cable2 - Prize in murky waters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMI5oT9U4vc)
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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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### Bugs and (Mis)features:
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Some terminal applications do not handle all Unicode characters adequately.
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On Linux, it is better to enjoy this entry on `gnome-terminal` or an equivalent modern terminal emulator.
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## To use:
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``` <!---sh-->
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./prog
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```
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## Try:
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``` <!---sh-->
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./try.sh
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```
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## Judges' remarks:
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We had a few minutes of amazement and fun while figuring that the is
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something fishy 🐠 wit the [prog.c source code](%%REPO_URL%%/2024/cable2/prog.c).
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Those who follow the philosophy of "_seeing is believing_" are
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likely to be "_deceived_" when they try to view the
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[prog.c source code](%%REPO_URL%%/2024/cable2/prog.c) in a terminal window:
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``` <!---sh-->
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cat 2024/cable2/prog.c
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```
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**HINT**: There is a command line flag to the `cat(1)` tool may provide a clue.
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**HINT**: For those who might not be familiar with the
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[U"string" literal prefix](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/string_literal.html):
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When using the U literal prefix, anything inside the quotes is encoded as **UTF-32**.
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**HINT TO FUTURE SUBMITTERS**: Now that we have awarded
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this **clever entry**, please understand that this
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[salmon is now old hat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_hat).
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What was **murky waters** for **IOCCC28** in 2024 will, in the future,
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be immediately seen through when analyzing future submissions to the IOCCC.
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In other words, to win a future IOCCC, you will need to do **MORE**
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than simply employing this fun obfuscation trick! :-)
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## Author's remarks:
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Salmon: a most fishy submission
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#### About
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This program obviously prints the squares of the numbers from 1 to 10. Or does it? The author got a little hungry for char-grilled salmon, and there's clearly something fishy going on with those unused #defines. Or is there? What the actual f*sh is going on here? Follow the three steps below for maximum enjoyment.
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**Step 1:**
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``` <!---sh-->
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cat prog.c
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```
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**Step 2:**
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``` <!---sh-->
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make clobber all
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```
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**Step 3:**
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``` <!---sh-->
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./prog
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```
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Scratch head. Then, [slap head with fish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8XeDvKqI4E).
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You may suspect there's something fishy with the `Makefile`, but you would be wrong. It just invokes `cc -o prog prog.c`
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You may suspect `cat` might be eating the salmon in step 1 (see `2015/endoh2`), but you would be even wronger. Confirm by looking at the program source using GitHub or `emacs` or `nano`.
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You are probably now even more confused, in which case, return to step 1.
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