Duping a File in the Raw
What happens when you have two file handles referencing the same file? Continue reading
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Ramanujan Nested Radicals – Solution
The topic for this month s Exercise is to code a recursive function that solves the Ramanujan Nested Radical, illustrated in Figure 1. Remember that Ramanujan created and solved this puzzle in his head. #genius In past Exercises on this blog, Continue reading
Rubbing a File Raw
Raw file access uses file descriptors, which have some interesting properties. Continue reading
Ramanujan Nested Radicals
Time to squeeze another math thing into a recursive function. Continue reading
How Much Stuff Can You Cram In There?
The for statement can be overloaded with lotsa stuff. Continue reading
Creating Your Own Library
Why not put all your favorite functions into their own library? Continue reading
What the Heck is This?
Time to unravel some C language obfuscation I found on the Interwebs. Continue reading
Recursion Until Death!
How many times can a function call itself before implosion? Continue reading
It’s All Greek! – Solution
As a wrap-up for my ctype questions, this month s Exercise is to write a ctype function that converts lowercase Greek letters to uppercase and vice-versa. This challenge isn t a steep hill to climb, once you know the pattern of Unicode Continue reading
Happy 250th, USA!
It's time for America to celebrate a great birthday. Continue reading