Landon Curt Noll
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Created `quick-start.md` to hold the FAQ 0.0 content. Used `sgit(1)` to change: * faq.html#enter ==> quick-start.html#enter * faq.html#enter_questions ==> quick-start.html#enter_questions * faq.html#step_0 ==> quick-start.html#step_0 * faq.html#step_1 ==> quick-start.html#step_1 * faq.html#step_2 ==> quick-start.html#step_2 * faq.html#register ==> quick-start.html#register * faq.html#step_3 ==> quick-start.html#step_3 * faq.html#step_4 ==> quick-start.html#step_4 * faq.html#step_5 ==> quick-start.html#step_5 * faq.html#step_6 ==> quick-start.html#step_6 * faq.html#step_7 ==> quick-start.html#step_7 * faq.html#step_submit ==> quick-start.html#step_submit Via: ```sh sgit -e 's/faq\.html#enter/quick-start.html#enter/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#enter_questions/quick-start.html#enter_questions/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_0/quick-start.html#step_0/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_1/quick-start.html#step_1/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_2/quick-start.html#step_2/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#register/quick-start.html#register/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_3/quick-start.html#step_3/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_4/quick-start.html#step_4/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_5/quick-start.html#step_5/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_6/quick-start.html#step_6/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_7/quick-start.html#step_7/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' sgit -e 's/faq\.html#step_submit/quick-start.html#step_submit/g' '*.md' '*.hdr' 'inc/*.html' ``` The former FAQ 0.0 section in `faq.html` now just refers to `quick-start.html`. Modified menu and non-JS menu so that "Enter the IOCCC" refers to `quick-start.html`. Changed `bin/gen-top-html.sh` VERSION from "1.4.10 2024-11-23" to "1.4.11 2025-01-09". Performed `make www` on macOS to complete the above.
To build:
make all
To use:
./heathbar num num
where num is a non-negative number.
Try:
./try.sh
Judges' remarks:
The main reason we liked this entry was mainly because the main effect of the source was self documenting! :-)
Author's remarks:
Run this program with two non-negative integer arguments
(e.g. ./heathbar 1234 999).
My goal was to create the fastest possible C program. To that end, I made three critical observations:
- If there's one thing computers are good at, it's math.
- Simple operations take less time than complicated ones.
- Every C program seems to contain the word
main.
Based on #1, I knew that the Fastest Program had to be one that
performed addition. From #2, I reasoned that it ought to directly
manipulate the bits, rather than wasting time dealing with bloated,
high-level, fuzzy-logic, artificial-intelligence, neural-net,
client-server, object-oriented abstractions like the C language "+"
operator. And it was obvious from #3 that the program should
resemble, as closely as possible, a long sequence of the familiar
word main repeated over and over, so the computer would be
comfortable running the program and wouldn't get distracted dealing
with unfamiliar variable names.
Also, I've looked at some past winning entries of your contest, and if you don't mind a little constructive criticism, some of them are kind-of hard to figure out. I didn't want my program to fall into the same trap, so I went out of my way to write self-documenting code. Anyone who so much as glances at my program will immediately see that it adds two 16-bit unsigned integers by streaming their bits through a simulated cascade of hardware adders. I hope my diligent effort to write especially clear code gets me extra points!
P.S. What does "obfuscated" mean?