To build:
make
To use:
./prog
Try:
To see the original mullender in action:
./try.sh
Observe what happens when you hit enter or another character! You might even try
typing out, one character at a time, 1984/mullender, and then see what it looks
like at the end. Send INTR to end the program.
More generally use:
cc -o prog prog.c foo.c
./prog
^C # if necessary, where ^C is ctrl-C, interrrupt
to compile and run prog as whatever foo.c is in the joke PDP-11 emulator.
Judges' remarks:
Like Marty and Doc, something nostalgic from 1984 appears live in October of 2015!
The author of this gem is a true DeLorean!
A question for inquisitive readers: is the implemented subset of PDP-11 instructions Turing-complete? (For a clue, see the end of the author's remarks.) If in doubt, use APOUT.
Author's remarks:
Hint / Compatibility
- A little-endian system is required due to an external factor.
- Strictly speaking, this program does not comply with any C specification for the same reason. But I believe it is reasonably portable.
- It uses a GCC extension but works with clang.
- This is a kind of emulator. You may find its architecture name if you look at the source code from all angles..
- Find
main()function.
Spoiler
This program is a joke PDP-11 emulator. ("ll-dpd" is embedded in the code. Read it upside down.)
You got it? This program is supposed to be used in this way:
wget https://www.ioccc.org/1984/mullender.c
clang -o prog prog.c mullender.c
./prog
You can enjoy the legendary winning entry of the first IOCCC, again.
Internal
This program uses __attribute__((constructor)), which is a GCC extension, to
hijack the main() function call. And then it interprets main() as an
instruction sequence.
It supports the minimal subset of instructions and addressing modes which are needed for mullender.c to work:
-
Instructions
- BR: branch
- MOV: move
- SOB: subtract one and branch
- SUB: subtract
- TRAP 4: write syscall
- TST: test (no flag is supported, though)
-
Addressing modes
- 0: Register
- 1: Register deferred
- 2: Auto-increment
- 4: Auto-decrement deferred
- 6: Index (incomplete)
Limitations
Non-trivial combination of instruction and addressing mode may cause undefined behavior (unsequenced modification), such as attempting to auto-increment a destination register. Index addressing mode works well only for R7 (PC register).
One more thing
Note: this program writes a binary file to stdout:
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