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Large number libraries/algorithms 36 31 (10/22/2012 9:11:28 AM) comp.lang.c Does anyone know of an API that will do standard math ops (*,+,-,/,% etc) on very large numbers (stored in char arrays presumably)? ie The sort of numbers that have no chance of fitting in even a 64 bit int... boltar2003

Getting C stream buffer size 10 39 (10/17/2012 9:22:23 AM) comp.lang.c Hi Its possible to set the buffer size for stream I/O using setvbuf() but does anyone know how to get the default buffer size? Thanks B2003 ... boltar2003

Beginners question #2 19 34 (8/30/2012 11:54:05 AM) comp.lang.python Hello I'm slowly teaching myself python so apologies if this is a dumb question. but something has confused me with the os.stat() function: >>> s = os.stat(".") >>> print s posix.stat_result(st_mode=16... boltar2003

What's the API for MD5 encryption? 47 48 (8/28/2012 1:16:44 PM) comp.unix.programmer The Linux system I'm working on is using MD5 encryption for /etc/shadow. None of the standard crypt() functions seem to support MD5 according to the man pages so what API call(s) will the login package be usi... boltar2003

X windows event queues 0 31 (8/22/2012 9:30:05 AM) comp.unix.programmer If you select certain event types in XSelectInput() but you never collect them using XNextEvent() or something similar, do they build up in the events queue until eventually the queue reaches its memory limi... boltar2003

Why is a vector find faster than a set with find()? 23 44 (8/7/2012 1:04:41 PM) comp.lang.c++ Hello I'm storing a large (100K) list of integer id's in a set which I need to frequenctly search for a given id. When I try doing this with a set using the standard find() function it takes 3 times long... boltar2003

puts vs fputs 17 47 (7/20/2012 9:15:29 AM) comp.lang.c Is there any logic behind puts() adding a newline but fputs() not doing it? Or was it just a design fuck up in the early days of C? B2003 ... boltar2003

Map 2D array to contiguous memory? 15 64 (7/16/2012 9:23:58 AM) comp.lang.c This is probably a question thats come up before but google doesn't seem to be my friend on this one. Is there some hack whereby a 2D array can be mapped onto a dynamically allocated block of contiguous me... boltar2003

What are the codes to set the clock on a wyse 60? 2 100 (3/26/2012 1:11:59 PM) comp.unix.programmer I have a wyse 60 terminal which has a built in clock but you can't set this from the terminal itself. Apparently you have to send certain control codes down the line to it, but Google is not help in finding out... boltar2003

How can I detect EOF in awk? 6 230 (2/29/2012 1:38:58 PM) comp.lang.awk Hello Is there any simple way to detect when you're on the last line of a file? What I have is an awk script reading in 2 files and I need to change FS before it begins to read the 2nd file. I can do this doin... boltar2003

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Large number libraries/algorithms 36 31 (10/22/2012 9:11:28 AM) comp.lang.c Does anyone know of an API that will do standard math ops (*,+,-,/,% etc) on very large numbers (stored in char arrays presumably)? ie The sort of numbers that have no chance of fitting in even a 64 bit int... boltar20032 (164)

Getting C stream buffer size 10 39 (10/17/2012 9:22:23 AM) comp.lang.c Hi Its possible to set the buffer size for stream I/O using setvbuf() but does anyone know how to get the default buffer size? Thanks B2003 ... boltar20032 (164)

Beginners question #2 19 34 (8/30/2012 11:54:05 AM) comp.lang.python Hello I'm slowly teaching myself python so apologies if this is a dumb question. but something has confused me with the os.stat() function: >>> s = os.stat(".") >>> print s posix.stat_result(st_mode=16... boltar20032 (164)

What's the API for MD5 encryption? 47 48 (8/28/2012 1:16:44 PM) comp.unix.programmer The Linux system I'm working on is using MD5 encryption for /etc/shadow. None of the standard crypt() functions seem to support MD5 according to the man pages so what API call(s) will the login package be usi... boltar20032 (164)

Trying to build a copy protection system 90 45 (8/8/2012 8:10:32 PM) comp.lang.c++ I am trying to build a copy protection system where the user authenticates to my server and the server sends a decryption key. Then without writing the key to the hard drive I want to load an encrypted ex... thexder1 (34)

Why is a vector find faster than a set with find()? 23 44 (8/7/2012 1:04:41 PM) comp.lang.c++ Hello I'm storing a large (100K) list of integer id's in a set which I need to frequenctly search for a given id. When I try doing this with a set using the standard find() function it takes 3 times long... boltar20032 (164)

is C++ worth it ? 106 69 (7/27/2012 3:37:57 PM) comp.lang.c++ Is C++ worth it ? http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2012/07/23/is-cc-worth-it/ "But we are also moving away from low-level programming and, yet, our software is still getting faster. I believe that a maj... lmc (186)

puts vs fputs 17 47 (7/20/2012 9:15:29 AM) comp.lang.c Is there any logic behind puts() adding a newline but fputs() not doing it? Or was it just a design fuck up in the early days of C? B2003 ... boltar20032 (164)

Map 2D array to contiguous memory? 15 64 (7/16/2012 9:23:58 AM) comp.lang.c This is probably a question thats come up before but google doesn't seem to be my friend on this one. Is there some hack whereby a 2D array can be mapped onto a dynamically allocated block of contiguous me... boltar20032 (164)

Do I need to be thread-safe ? 31 63 (4/10/2012 2:00:07 PM) comp.unix.programmer TARGET: to just print the current local time. PROBLEM: Do I need thread-safe version ctime_r() ? I don't know much about threads. This function print_time() does not take any parameters or returns any. It jus... sunrise2 (598)