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Landon Curt Noll dbf6921b3a use include 1337.mk to hold 1337 hacker rulz
Updated 1337 hacker rulz to version 7.

Added `1337.mk` to contain the updated 1337 hacker rulz (v7).

We use an optional include of `1337.mk` (or `../1337.mk`,
or `../../1337.mk`) to include the 1337 hacker rulz.

Changed `make deep_magic` to `make more_magic`.

Changed `bin/tar-entry.sh` VERSION from "1.3.7 2024-07-22"
to "1.3.8 2024-07-23".

Changed `bin/tar-year.sh` VERSION from "1.2.5 2024-07-22"
to "1.2.6 2024-07-23".

Add `make new_entry` to `YYYY/Makefile` and `template/Makefile.year`.

Change `make new_year` to use `sort -n -u`.

Made minor debug message fixes to `bin/new-year.sh`.

Changed `bin/new-year.sh` VERSION from "1.3 2024-07-23"
to "1.3.1 2024-07-23".

Improved `bin/add-dir.sh` to update `YYYY/Makefile` with
the new entry directory name.

Changed `bin/add-dir.sh` VERSION from "1.0 2024-07-21"
to "1.1 2024-07-23".

Performed `make www` to accomplish the above and to test under macOS.
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To build:

    make all

There is an alternate version for those with an old enough compiler or for those who wish to see how C changed over the years. See Alternate code below.

Bugs and (Mis)features:

The current status of this entry is:

STATUS: INABIAF - please DO NOT fix

For more detailed information see 1990/westley in bugs.html.

To use:

    ./westley <number>

The number should be greater than 0.

Try:

    ./try.sh

Alternate code:

The alternate code is provided to show how C changed.

Alternate build:

If you have an old enough compiler or if you want to see how C changed over the years:

    make alt

Alternate use:

Assuming that westley.alt compiles:

    ./westley.alt <number>

Judges' remarks:

If you would rather "Daisy" someone other than Westley, rename the program as needed. :-)

Read each block of code as if it were a piece of correspondence. For example, the first block of code would read:

    charlie,
            doubletime me, OXFACE!
            not interested, get out
            mainly die, charly, *die*
                    signed charlotte

The original source had control-L's after each code block. To make it easier on news readers, we converted each control-L to a blank line.

Author's remarks:

This is a "Picking the Daisy" simulation. Now, instead of mangling a daisy, simply run this program with the number of petals desired as the argument.

This is a good counter-example to peoples' complaints that C doesn't have an "English-like" syntax.

Lint complains about everything - null effect, xxx may be used before set, statement not reached, return(e) and return. Lint dumps core on some systems. My personal favorite lint complaint is

warning: eroticism unused in function main.

Also obviously, (char)lotte and (char*)lie are incompatible types...