Comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions
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Re: Comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions
#2Written by my former colleague Steve Summit, probably the most knowledgeable person this side of Dennis Ritchie about programming C, especially in Unix environments.
Re: Comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions
#3Also worth reading is C infrequently asked questions https://www.seebs.net/faqs/c-iaq.html
Re: Comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions
#41.1. How should I decide which integer type to use?
Programmer: Hmmm, I think these three should be shorts and these 10 can fit in chars.
Modern compiler: Fuck that, you're all 32-bits. I ain't got time for unaligned memory access...
Re: Comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions
#51.1. How should I decide which integer type to use? Programmer: Hmmm, I think these three should be shorts and these 10 can fit in chars. Modern compiler: Fuck that, you're all 32-bits. I ain't got time for unaligned memory access...
Modern compilers generally prefer register-sized data.
Re: Comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions
#61.1. How should I decide which integer type to use? Programmer: Hmmm, I think these three should be shorts and these 10 can fit in chars. Modern compiler: Fuck that, you're all 32-bits. I ain't got time for unaligned memory access...
Modern compilers generally prefer register-sized data.
Ah thanks, that's what I was thinking. But somehow I got caught up in unaligned cacheline accesses, which are much larger than 32-bits. It's early where I am. :)
Re: Comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions
#7Also worth reading is C infrequently asked questions https://www.seebs.net/faqs/c-iaq.html
For entertainment? Tone seems a bit over the top sarcastic.
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#8Nice list, but would be cooler if it was scrollable. One question per page is a bit tedious.
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#9Newsgroup FAQs are a goldmine. I still find myself referring to the comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ repeatedly:
Re: Comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions
#10While I don’t particularly like the structure of the FAQ (one page per item is definitely tedious to read through - I wish it came in a PDF or scrollable form) this is a goldmine of succinct and zero frills information. I learned a few things.