Landon Curt Noll
c78bda6c0f
The commit a1c86c8a7a modified
the navigation bars to include "Original C", so all tarballs
had be update, sorry (tm Canada 🇨🇦). In particular:
The navigation bar for a winning entry now has a "_Original C_" link
(between the ✅ and the Inventory on the right hand side) so that one
may easily view the original C code that was submitted for IOCCC judging.
In addition, a number of other commits since that time
modified other winning entries.
Ran `make update` to perform the above.
To build:
make all
To use:
./rcm < file.gz
where file.gz is some gzipped file.
Try:
For more information try:
./try.sh
Judges' remarks:
For a good no-op try:
gzip -c < rcm.c | ./rcm
NOTE: this is done in the try.sh script as well, along with some other commands including a way to do the above command but with more steps.
Author's remarks:
Except for some silly requirements regarding input validation, CRC checking, and
similar unimportant fluff, this program is a fully compliant
RFC1951/RFC1952
GNU Gzip file uncompressor. Feed it a
gzip compressed file on standard input, and it will write the fully
uncompressed original file to standard output.
ObJustifications for this entry:
The Design Trade-off Argument:
"The 184 characters worth of defines in the build file have been
carefully offset by 184 redundant and unnecessary '{', '}', and ';'
characters in the source file."
The Design Review Argument:
"Using only 216 characters out of a maximum of 256, the build file meets and actually exceeds specification."
The Program Metrics Argument:
"The program source is less than 3,100 characters in length and uncompresses the
file
emacs-19.34b.tar.gz in
about 130 seconds on my HP 9000/735. The now obsolete source file inflate.c
from the GNU gzip source tree is 31,613 characters in length and uncompresses
the emacs distribution file in slightly under 25 seconds. Thus:
3100 / 130 = 23.85
vs:
31613 / 25 = 1264.52
which represents a better than 530% improvement in the ratio of source file size to execution time."
The Whining Programmer's Argument:
"The inflate algorithm requires that over 400 characters worth of constants and tables be defined. Which means the program itself had to be squeezed down to about 1,100 IOCCC countable bytes."