Jim Hall
I was impressed that AI did so well translating from an old language like FORTRAN 77 into...
Programming
While AI agents can help streamline development, keep in mind these cautions when using AI for coding.
Have fun by writing a program to simulate a Cylon's sweeping red eye
Using enumerations with enum makes it easy to store values in a program, yet keep the code...
Using bit fields and bit masks is a common method to combine data without using more complex...
Enjoy the holidays by writing a 'fire' program in ASCII text.
Sharing knowledge with others is often a great way to refresh and update your own expertise.
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Don Watkins
You can use open-source tools to produce holiday cards this year. Suppose you have a great photo...
Generate colorful ASCII art from a C program using FreeDOS.
Sometimes it's easier to define your API to hide the platform-specific code
Jim shares this follow-up to an earlier article about programming across platforms.
Using these C compiler preprocessor directives to detect the operating system can make it easier to support...
Use the flexibility of ncurses to create a guess-the-number game on Linux.
1 When programs like vi first came along, terminals had a predefined size: usually 80 columns and...
Let the kernel generate random numbers for you using 'getrandom.'