Landon Curt Noll
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Entry source is now prog.c for IOCCC years 2014 thru 2020, or is now dirname.c IOCCC years 1984 thru 2013. To achieve this state, we renamed the following: renamed: 2004/hibachi/src/hibachi.c -> 2004/hibachi/hibachi.c renamed: 2012/omoikane/nyaruko.alt.c -> 2012/omoikane/omoikane.alt.c renamed: 2012/omoikane/nyaruko.alt2.c -> 2012/omoikane/omoikane.alt2.c renamed: 2012/omoikane/nyaruko.c -> 2012/omoikane/omoikane.c renamed: 2012/omoikane/nyaruko.orig.c -> 2012/omoikane/omoikane.orig.c Modified `bin/subst.entry-index.sh` to add to entry `index.html` file, links to the `Makefile` and the _C code_ to the top navigation bar. Changed `bin/subst.entry-index.sh` VERSION from "1.2.2 2024-02-25" to "1.3 2024-03-02". Moved printing the Inventory link in the top navigation bar from `bin/subst.entry-navbar.awk` to `bin/subst.entry-index.sh`. Changed `bin/subst.entry-navbar.awk` VERSION from "1.0.1 2024-02-23" to "1.1 2024-03-02". Moved printing the Inventory link in the top navigation bar from `bin/subst.year-navbar.awk` to `bin/subst.year-index.sh`. Changed `bin/subst.year-index.sh` VERSION from "1.0 2024-02-11" to "1.1 2024-03-02". Changed `bin/subst.year-navbar.awk` VERSION from "1.0 2024-02-11" to "1.1 2024-03-02". Added location names (both default and common) to `author.html`. Changed `tmp/gen_author_json.sh` VERSION from "1.0 2023-06-06" to "1.1 2024-03-04". Added location names (both default and common) to `author.html`. Changed `bin/gen-authors.sh` VERSION from "1.2 2024-03-09" to "1.3 2024-03-04". The manifest and the resulting `.entry.json` files have been changed for `2004/hibachi` and `2012/omoikane`. The Makefiles for `2004/hibachi` and `2012/omoikane` copy the source file into the "previously used location". The `make clobber` rule removes the copied source. The `.gitignore` files have been updated accordingly. Improved how the concept of IOCCC terms _entry_, _author_ and _submission_ are used in markdown files. Links to markdown files (files ending in .md) within the repo were changed to link to HTML files (files ending in .html). Special cases where `README.md` became `index.html` were modified accordingly. Fixed URL for `bugs.html` in Makefile comments. Fixed name of `bin/sgi.sh` referenced in comments in `.gitignore` files. Links to locations within the repo are now relative. For example a link to `/contact.html` may become `../contact.html' or '../../contact.html` depending on the directory level of the markdown file. Nearly all links with absolute URLs under _https://www.ioccc.org_ or `https://ioccc-src.github.io/temp-test-ioccc_ have been changed to relative paths within the repo. Some exceptions to this (such as referring to a GitHub repo) were preserved. Fixed a number of inside `faq.md` and `bugs.md`. Added HTML name tags (in the form of an _entry_id_) for each entry referenced in `bugs.md`. Fixed links from outside of `bugs.html` into `bugs.html` accordingly. Where FAQ entries are referenced, a named tag is used so that if a FAQ is ever renumbered, links outside of `faq.html` will still work. Changed the _inventory_order_ of a compressed tarball from _300_ to _100000_. While this may have been done for the manifest, this changed had not yet been propagated into the `.entry.json` files. Links to web sites that were in the for <URL> are now [URL](URL). Performed `name www` to process all of the above. Improved format of `authors.html`. Full names are now bold. Location codes are now links back into `location.html` and location names (both default and common) are now italics. Added _author_handle_ each author. Changed `bin/gen-authors.sh` VERSION from "1.1 2024-02-25" to "1.2 2024-03-09". Improved format of `location.html` as location codes are now bold, author counts in a given location are now bold, and location names (both default and common) are now italics. Changed `bin/gen-location.sh` VERSION from "1.0.1 2024-02-23" to "1.1 2024-03-04". Added italic location name after location code in entry `index.html` files. Changed `bin/output-index-author.sh` VERSION from "1.4.1 2024-02-23" to "1.5 2024-03-04". Added _Location of authors_ to the sidebar as a link to `location.html`. TODO: While nearly all of the above mentioned changes are likely correct, they likely introduced a few errors that need correcting.
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Lowe</a><br> Location: <a href="../../location.html#US">US</a> -
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">perl</span> <span class="at">-MConfig</span> <span class="at">-e</span> <span class="st">'print "$Config{archlibexp}/CORE\n"'</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<p>… just in case the Makefile does not figure this out for you.</p>
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<h3 id="bugs-and-misfeatures">Bugs and (Mis)features:</h3>
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<p>The current status of this entry is:</p>
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<pre><code>STATUS: doesn't work with some platforms - please help us fix
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STATUS: known bug - please help us fix</code></pre>
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<p>For more detailed information see <a
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href="../../bugs.html#2000_dlowe">2000 dlowe bugs</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./dlowe</span> [file ...]</span></code></pre></div>
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<h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
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<p>When this entry was submitted the rules of the IOCCC did not prohibit
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the use of embedded language interpreters. The judges considered
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disqualifying this entry because of the use of perl, but on the other
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hand it qualifies as the Worst Abuse of the Rules. As a previous author,
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<a href="../../authors.html#J_David_Lowe">David Lowe</a> continues to
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inflict the highest quality “poot” on the Judges.</p>
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<p>The program also contains an undocumented command for Chad and Chongo
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(Landon). The judges’ remarks contain a clue to the hidden command
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:-).</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The IOCCC uses an anonymous judging process which keeps the identity
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of the submitters hidden until all winning entries have been
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selected.</li>
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<h2 id="authors-remarks">Author’s remarks:</h2>
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<h3 id="usage">Usage</h3>
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<pre><code>./dlowe [file ...]</code></pre>
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<h3 id="synopsis">Synopsis</h3>
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<p>This is a <a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_notation">Reverse
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Polish calculator</a>, loosely based on the <code>dc(1)</code> unix
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calculator.</p>
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<h1 id="syntax">Syntax</h1>
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<p>This program understands the following <code>dc(1)</code>
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commands:</p>
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<pre><code>p prints the top stack value without altering the stack.
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P prints the top stack value, removing it from the stack, and
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doesn't print a trailing newline.
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f prints the contents of the stack, one number per line,
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without modifying it.
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c clears the stack.
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d pushes a copy of the top stack value onto the stack.
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r reverses the order of the top two stack values.</code></pre>
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<p>And the following arithmetic operators are supported:</p>
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<pre><code> + Pops 2 values and pushes their sum.
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- Pops 2 values and pushes the result of subtracting the first
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from the second.
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* Pops 2 values and pushes their product.
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/ Pops 2 values and pushes the result of dividing the second
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by the first.
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^ Pops 2 values and pushes the result of raising the second
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% Pops 2 values and pushes the remainder of the division that
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/ would do.</code></pre>
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<p>The precision and range are double, like it or not, except that the
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modulus operator actually returns <code>(p1 - (p2 * (p1 / p2)))</code>,
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but with the innermost division calculated at integer precision. This is
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usually what you expect
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(e.g. <code>echo "12 8 % p" | ./dlowe == 4</code>)</p>
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<p>Commands are read from <code>stdin</code> or from a list of files
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named on the command line. Unlike <code>dc(1)</code>, multiple commands
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on the same line must be space separated. Commands are only executed
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when a newline or EOF is encountered.</p>
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<h3 id="diagnostics">Diagnostics:</h3>
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<pre><code>"stack empty" Not enough on the stack for the requested command
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"divide by zero" Attempt to divide by zero
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"unimplemented" Invalid input
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Floating point exception (core dumped) (or something to that effect)
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Bug in Perl_sv_upgrade causes this in some cases when
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the results of an operation are really huge (> 10^308)
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This bug appears to be fixed in perl5.6.0
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="examples">Examples:</h3>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb10-1"><a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> echo <span class="st">'12 13 14 15 16 + + + + f'</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./dlowe</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-2"><a href="#cb10-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">70</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-3"><a href="#cb10-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> echo <span class="st">'12 13 14 15 16 17 + - * / p'</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./dlowe</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-4"><a href="#cb10-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">-0.0515873015873016</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-5"><a href="#cb10-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> echo <span class="st">'+'</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./dlowe</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-6"><a href="#cb10-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">stack</span> empty</span>
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<span id="cb10-7"><a href="#cb10-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> echo <span class="st">'999999999999999 1 + p'</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./dlowe</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-8"><a href="#cb10-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">1e+15</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-9"><a href="#cb10-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> echo <span class="st">'99999999999999 1 + p'</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./dlowe</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-10"><a href="#cb10-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">100000000000000</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-11"><a href="#cb10-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> echo <span class="st">'12.5 9 % 10 * 15 + f'</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./dlowe</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-12"><a href="#cb10-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">50</span></span>
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<span id="cb10-13"><a href="#cb10-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> echo <span class="st">'7 P 6 d P P 8 p'</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./dlowe</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="fu">tr</span> 876 tpo</span>
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<span id="cb10-14"><a href="#cb10-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">poot</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<h3 id="code-concept">Code Concept:</h3>
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<p>We all know that Perl and other VHLLs (very high level languages) are
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particularly well-suited for (among other things) string handling, I/O,
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and powerful built-in data types, and (relatively) poorly suited for
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number crunching and other processor-intensive tasks - areas where C is
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strongest. This program takes this knowledge to its extreme conclusion,
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using each language for its strengths. Thus, it uses Perl to read and
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parse input, for output, and for the easy-to-use list primitive, and
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uses C for mathematical operations. Since the rules of this contest
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state that the program must be generated by an ANSI C compiler, of
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course, the outer Perl layer is wrapped with a thin layer of C.</p>
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<p>In case that wasn’t clear, in a nutshell: this program is C, calling
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<h3 id="requirements">Requirements:</h3>
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documentation, should work as-is with <code>Perl 5.002</code> and later
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(which has been around since February 1996). To clarify - it’s not the
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Perl code itself that may be non-portable, it’s the C code for embedding
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Perl and for calling C from Perl.</p>
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<p>It is also important that Perl be installed cleanly and correctly.
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You may have problems linking if, for example, you have multiple
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overlapping versions of Perl installed (which might not be a problem for
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scripts, but causes problems with embedding the interpreter). More
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commonly, you may get non-fatal warnings from the linker, caused by
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slight mis-configurations of Perl on your system.</p>
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<p>Some compilers also complain that “third argument of
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<code>main()</code> is deprecated” or something to that effect. But in
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Perl prior to <code>5.6.0</code>, the header file “proto.h” actually had
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a prototype for <code>main()</code>, so applications which embed Perl
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must use the three argument form of <code>main()</code>.</p>
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<h3 id="aside-history">Aside: history…</h3>
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<p>Larry Wall wrote the original Perl in 1986-87, the same two
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successive years he won the IOCCC. I hope this program helps you to
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realize that this was no fluke - that Perl and Obfuscation are as
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inseparable as, say, camels and humps.</p>
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<h3 id="obfuscated">Obfuscated?</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p>Reverse Polish notation is pretty strange, in and of
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itself.</p></li>
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<li><p>The layout of the program is three roughly symmetrical “stacks”
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of code. This layout is quite sensitive in places - my C indenter
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actually breaks the code by inserting spaces in certain places.</p></li>
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<li><p>Anyone who has ever programmed in Perl can attest to the fact
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that it is particularly well-suited to obfuscation; thus, the Perl is
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obfuscated. (Here’s my favorite legal Perl from this program:
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<code>AUTOLOAD</code> for exception handling, and abuse of the default
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C syntax: the <code>&NAME</code> rather than <code>NAME()</code>
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function calling syntax, leaving off parentheses wherever possible,
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using <code>print()</code> instead of <code>printf()</code>, and using
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therein.</p></li>
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<em>really</em> obscure. They’re also incredibly poorly documented, as
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they’re primarily used in machine-generated code. However, there’s a
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wealth of example code on <a href="https://www.cpan.org">CPAN
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(www.cpan.org)</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p>The Perl API functions are almost all macros, so you will
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probably find that preprocessor expansion will only make things worse.
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They also have helpful, verbose names like <code>SvNV</code>,
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<code>SvIV</code>, and <code>newSVpv</code>. I couldn’t have done better
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commands (I figure this explanation moves the synonyms from ‘bug’ to
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<p>My original intent was to write obfuscated C and crystal-clear Perl,
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won’t help too much, either ;)</p>
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<p>If you don’t change the rules, it’ll be embedded Ada next year!</p>
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<h3 id="auto-defend">Auto defend</h3>
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<p>A. Isn’t this the obfuscated C contest? What’s this Perl
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<code>$#_&&$_</code>?</p>
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<p>D. Hey, this program <em>is</em> 100% C, and does not exec an
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external Perl interpreter. It simply links against the Perl language
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library. The “Perl code” is just a C string constant.</p>
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<p>A. Perl isn’t portable enough, or ubiquitous enough.</p>
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<p>D. I’d argue that it is more portable than X. According to the Perl
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folks, it runs on the following platforms: Acorn, AIX, Amiga, AS/400,
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BeOS, Concurrent, Debian, DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, EPOC, FreeBSD,
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Guardian, HP-UX, IRIX, LinuxPPC, LynxOS, MacOS, MachTen, Minix, MPE/iX,
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MS-DOS, MVS, NetBSD, Netware, NextStep, OpenBSD, OpenLinux, ODT,
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OpenVMS, OS/2, OS390, OSR, PowerMAX, Psion, QNX, Redhat, Reliant UNIX,
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RISCOS, SCO, SGI, SINIX, Slackware, Solaris, Sun, SuSE, Tandem, Tru64,
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UNIX, U/WIN, Unixware, VMS, Win31, Win32, Windows 3.1, and Windows
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95/98/NT/2K. Granted, embeddable Perl isn’t quite so portable, but
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still…</p>
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<p>Also, Perl 5 is bundled with the following OS distributions: AIX
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4.3.3+, FreeBSD 3.0+, IRIX 6.4+, every Linux distribution, NetBSD,
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OpenBSD, and DEC Tru64 5.0+, again according to the Perl people.</p>
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