Cody Boone Ferguson
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The menu in all html pages for the FAQ was fixed to link to the step 0
(of how to enter the contest) and also it was renamed ('Enter the
IOCCC').
I also went through the most important sections of the FAQ (how to
enter and the mkiocccentry related questions) and checked the
register.html, pw-change.html and submit.html pages. It is possible I
have missed something but I think it's in pretty good shape nonetheless.
To build:
make all
To use:
./rcm < file.gz
where file.gz is some gzipped file.
Try:
For more information try:
./try.sh
Judges' remarks:
For a good no-op try:
gzip -c < rcm.c | ./rcm
NOTE: this is done in the try.sh script as well, along with some other commands including a way to do the above command but with more steps.
Author's remarks:
Except for some silly requirements regarding input validation, CRC checking, and
similar unimportant fluff, this program is a fully compliant
RFC1951/RFC1952
GNU Gzip file uncompressor. Feed it a
gzip compressed file on standard input, and it will write the fully
uncompressed original file to standard output.
ObJustifications for this entry:
The Design Trade-off Argument:
"The 184 characters worth of defines in the build file have been
carefully offset by 184 redundant and unnecessary '{', '}', and ';'
characters in the source file."
The Design Review Argument:
"Using only 216 characters out of a maximum of 256, the build file meets and actually exceeds specification."
The Program Metrics Argument:
"The program source is less than 3,100 characters in length and uncompresses the
file
emacs-19.34b.tar.gz in
about 130 seconds on my HP 9000/735. The now obsolete source file inflate.c
from the GNU gzip source tree is 31,613 characters in length and uncompresses
the emacs distribution file in slightly under 25 seconds. Thus:
3100 / 130 = 23.85
vs:
31613 / 25 = 1264.52
which represents a better than 530% improvement in the ratio of source file size to execution time."
The Whining Programmer's Argument:
"The inflate algorithm requires that over 400 characters worth of constants and tables be defined. Which means the program itself had to be squeezed down to about 1,100 IOCCC countable bytes."