Landon Curt Noll
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We move the "_Thanks for the help_" out from under the "Entries" menu and under the "About" menu to better balance the menus. Besides, "_Thanks for the help_" is more **about** the IOCCC itself.
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...