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C array subscript weirdness

2013-09-202013-09-20 by mike

$ cat test.c #include <stdio.h> int main() { int a[2]; a[0]=0;a[1]=0; 1[a] = 1; // weirdness printf(“%d %d\n”,a[0], a[1]); } $ gcc -o test test.c $ ./test 0 1 The subscript operator is commutative for what ever reason. *(a + 1) < => a[1] < => 1[a]

Generic makefile for easily building 1 file programs

2013-09-182013-09-18 by mike

I’ve always found myself writing short little programs to test out an idea or learn how a language feature/bug works. Often they’re throw away programs, once finished they’re no longer needed. So often it ends up being test.c/test.cpp/test.java etc. But sometimes I like to keep it around so they’ll end up with a meaningful name […]

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2013-06-282013-06-28 by mike

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and little minds discuss people. Widely credited to Eleanor Roosevelt but if you keep digging that’s not clear.