We lose yet another legend. Dennis Ritchie has passed away. The best statement that I remember about the C language is from his book: … C is not a big language … This has taught me a lot more than programming. [Continue]
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Clockwise/Spiral Technique For C Programmers
I came across the Clockwise/Spiral Rule through Bruno yesterday. I remember making a note of this when I had taught C++ for one semester in my alma mater. Such rules make C a lot more consistent while learning and minimize the fear students gather in their first brush with the language. [Continue]
From C To C++
I have advised every new programmer to at least understand certain concepts in C. Howmuchever higher paradigm we use to program, understanding of the basic memory management and basic data-structures go a long way. C is one of the best languages to do so, it carries the least baggage in this regard. [Continue]
Including Invisible Backdoor Entry
Mark Chu-Carroll explains the backdoor entry that Ken Thompson included in the C compiler (via Jason Kottke). This backdoor entry is mostly invisible. Why? [Continue]
Endianness
This post has already been published on code::gallery blog which now has been merged into this blog. Just like we have to read from left to right or right to left depending upon what language we are reading, programs should know how are integers stored before reading a binary. This is Endianness. [Continue]
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