Grusel++ of the month

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/*                                                            FILE: march.cpp */
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/*  This grusel was invented by GSM 03.42. They call it "GSM compression"     */
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/*  Compiled and tested with Visual C++ V6.0                                  */
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/*  V1.00   31-MAR-2002   P. Tellenbach   http://www.heimetli.ch/             */
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#include <iostream>

unsigned char code[] = { 0x40, 0x96, 0xD9, 0xEC, 0x37, 0xE8, 0xFE,
                         0x96, 0xB3, 0xC9, 0xA0, 0x90, 0x02 } ;

int main()
{
   unsigned char *ptr   = code ;
   int            len   = 14 ;

   unsigned short value = *ptr++ >> 3 ;
   unsigned short count = 5 ;

   while( len > 0 )
   {
      value  = value | (*ptr++ << count) ;
      count += 8 ;

      while( count > 6 )
      {
         std::cout.put( value & 0x7F ) ;

         count  -= 7 ;
         value >>= 7 ;

         len-- ;
      }
   }

   return 0 ;
}

Update 27. March 2022

This program compiles and runs without any changes.