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<pre><code> STATUS: known bug - please help us fix</code></pre>
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<p>For more detailed information see <a href="../../bugs.html#1992_albert">1992 albert bugs</a>.</p>
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<p>An alternate version of this entry, <a href="albert.alt.c">albert.alt.c</a>, is provided.
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Leo Broukhis, before he was an IOCCC judge, sent the IOCCC
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<pre><code> From: leo _at_ zycad -dot- com (Leo Broukhis)
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 17:37:51 PST
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To: judges _at_ toad -dot- com
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Subject: IOCCC 1992 - a bug
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Dear Judges,
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albert.c (even in its fixed form) still has a bug. Although I don't
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remember the number that exposed the bug (afair, resulting in coredump)
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in albert.orig.c that has been fixed in albert.c,
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I've found a number exposing another bug: 10000000001 (that's 9 0's).
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Both albert and albert.orig loop without printing anything, although
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the first factor is 101 and is usually found in an instant.</code></pre>
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<p>The <a href="albert.c">albert.alt.c</a> file is the fixed file, whereas the
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<a href="albert.c">albert.c</a> is the file before applying Leo Broukhis’ fix.</p>
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<pre class="<!---sh-->"><code> make alt</code></pre>
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<h3 id="alternate-use">Alternate use:</h3>
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<h3 id="alternate-try">Alternate try:</h3>
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<pre class="<!---sh-->"><code> ./try.alt.sh</code></pre>
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<h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
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<p>We were impressed with the speed at which it was able to factor
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arbitrarily large numbers consisting of factors that fit into
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a long.</p>
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<h2 id="authors-remarks">Author’s remarks:</h2>
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<p>The Obfuscated version of the Horst algorithm.</p>
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<p>This program will factor unlimited length numbers and print the
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factors in ascending order. Numbers of one digit (e.g. 8)
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are rejected without notice.</p>
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<p>It quits as soon as there is at most one factor left, but that factor will not
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be shown. It accomplishes this efficiently, without resorting to division or
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multiplication, until the candidate factor no longer fits in a signed long.</p>
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<p>The nicest way is to rename the program into e.g. 4294967297
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if you want to factor Fermat’s 4th number. Then just run it.</p>
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<p>Or you may type <code>./albert <some-number></code>
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A nice one is also (30 ones):</p>
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<pre class="<!---sh-->"><code> ./albert 111111111111111111111111111111</code></pre>
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<p>Apart from the foregoing there are no special execution instructions.</p>
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<p>To customize the program into a factorizer of a fixed number, use</p>
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<pre class="<!---sh-->"><code> cc albert.c -o 4294967297</code></pre>
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<p>or some such.</p>
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<p>There are no data files used, and it is not possible to feed input
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via <code>stdin</code>.</p>
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<p>I think this program is a nice example of algorithmic obfuscation. Several
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times two similar algorithms are merged into one. Then you need quite some
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tricks to get it running, such as long jumps through recursive subroutines. I
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felt like a sword smith, welding the sword very long, folding it again to the
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proper length, keep on hammering till it is tight, then fold again. Always
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keeping it at the proper red hot temperature, but not too hot lest the hardness
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<p>The strict naming conventions for subroutines did not make things much clearer
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after all, but it was not supposed to.</p>
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<p>I would like to draw attention to the robustness of the program with respect to
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error handling and the nice stopping criterion. The aesthetic appeal of some
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lines is at the expense of clearness, I apologize.</p>
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<p>Running the program through the C-beautifier reveals nothing, it will only
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destroy some of the lay out. Running the program through lint shows the usual
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remarks for a K&R program. Defeating this through casts does not make a program
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cleaner in my opinion.</p>
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<h3 id="hints">Hints</h3>
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<p>Here are some hints, but they may not be too helpful:</p>
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<li>The Horst algorithm is described in the Hobby Computer Club Newsletter, year
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82, part 4, a real Dutch treat. Assembly, C and Forth version have been around
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<li>Does fractal programming exist after all?</li>
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<li>You remember the Toom-Cook algorithm in Knuth? It uses iteration instead of
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recursion and is quite jumpy. This program shares these disadvantages in a
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modified form.</li>
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<li>The Conversion is to be found in Knuth, not so the Observation. The
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