Best Abuse of the Rules
Mark Biggar
US
To build:
make all
To run:
some_command | ./biggar | od -c
Try:
./biggar < biggar.c | od -c
Judges' remarks:
By changing the compile line you can make this program do anything you want. This is a very efficient way to transfer source, though it increases the size of Makefiles.
With only slight variations, this program can be set to many uses.
Consider how easy it would be to release Unix source in this form;
so what if the Makefiles grow a little! :-)
One vendor's lint got hung in an infinite loop over this entry!
FYI: We will let Mark get away with this truly sick entry this time, but
for the future on we have placed a limit on the size of a compile line.
NOTE: originally we made a comment in Larry Wall's entry regarding Mark's contribution but it seems to have been lost in time. If anyone knows about its whereabouts we'd appreciate letting us know. Thanks!
Passes BSD and UTS lint. At least one version of lint is thrown into an infinite loop by this entry.
Author's remarks:
No remarks were provided by the author.
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