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Are any compiler vendors attempting to produce a C11 compiler? 7 59 (7/10/2012 8:52:35 PM) comp.lang.c Since C99 support was spotty at best, with even the biggest compiler vendors putting very little effort into such a thing, I wonder if C11 is a paper-only, hypothetical standard or are there actual compiler... Dann

Unspecified? 2 27 (3/16/2010 10:22:38 PM) comp.programming This fragment of code is from zlib: /* We check for insufficient lookahead only every 8th comparison; * the 256th check will be made at strstart+258. */ do { } while( ... Dann

Speaking of optimal merging... 1 31 (12/5/2008 12:04:57 AM) comp.programming Here is a very nice paper on that topic: http://ak.skuniv.ac.kr/papers/sofsem2007.pdf ... user923005

Speaking of sum programs (let's keep Razi out of it) here's my version: 0 41 (5/7/2008 8:46:33 PM) comp.lang.c typedef struct KahanAdder_t { double sum_; /* The current working sum. */ double carry_; /* The carry from the previous operation */ double temp_; /* A temp used to capture residual bits of precisio... user923005

Re: stack, pop, push and min in o(1) #2 1 35 (4/24/2008 7:54:09 PM) comp.unix.programmer "Dann Corbit" wrote in message news:... > "Dann Corbit" wrote in message news:... >> "Alex Fraser" wrote in message >> news:MeydnbEHZOQ9uI3VRVnyvAA@eclipse.net.uk... >>> James Antill wrote: >>> [snip] >>>> ... Dann

Re: stack, pop, push and min in o(1) 0 37 (4/24/2008 7:42:50 PM) comp.unix.programmer "Dann Corbit" wrote in message news:... > "Alex Fraser" wrote in message > news:MeydnbEHZOQ9uI3VRVnyvAA@eclipse.net.uk... >> James Antill wrote: >> [snip] >>> I don't think there is a solution where push/po... Dann

Moronic reference site 12 27 (4/16/2008 11:43:19 PM) comp.lang.c If the other pages are like this, then Herbert Schildt has met his match: http://hitechskill.com/technicalq/IT-Interview-Questions.jsp?type=C&page=1 I already sent them a scathing letter. ... user923005

Threading in new C++ standard 140 34 (4/15/2008 10:28:43 PM) comp.lang.c++ Rather than create a new way of doing things: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2497.html why not just pick up ACE into the existing standard: http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html t... Dann

Re: C++ more efficient than C? 0 55 (4/9/2008 9:11:10 PM) comp.lang.c "Dann Corbit" wrote in message news:... > "Richard Tobin" wrote in message > news:ftj7qv$143q$5@pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk... >> In article , >> Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>> Suppose we have x, x+e, and x+2e, x+3... Dann

Visual C++ : Defect report or not? 6 21 (11/1/2007 12:11:55 AM) comp.lang.c++ I seem to recall that if a macro is evaluated and the macro is defined, but a value for the macro does not exist, it should be evaluated as zero, but I can't find it in the standard. There is a program called ... user923005

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Are any compiler vendors attempting to produce a C11 compiler? 7 59 (7/10/2012 8:52:35 PM) comp.lang.c Since C99 support was spotty at best, with even the biggest compiler vendors putting very little effort into such a thing, I wonder if C11 is a paper-only, hypothetical standard or are there actual compiler... dcorbit (2696)

decompile 23 31 (6/8/2012 6:34:30 PM) comp.lang.c Hello it is possible to decompile a program to c? Posted Via http://www.usenet4you.net the free uncensored newsserver. Oh, so they have internet on computers now?� � Homer Simpson ... you6732 (4)

Optimisation questions 35 42 (2/4/2012 10:30:54 PM) comp.lang.c Hello : My current program runs too slow. It uses x/8 and x%8 many times, where x is an int in both cases. I have replaced x/8 with x>>3, as this is faster (pretty sure). However, I am not sure whether this ... raj121190 (27)

question #22 9 31 (1/12/2012 4:53:50 AM) comp.lang.c What is the greatest set of four primes ssuch that they ae all <2^64? ... jgk1 (176)

Toughest Game Show Question 38 61 (1/10/2012 4:56:20 AM) comp.lang.c Toughest Game Show Question (Source : http://hardest-puzzle.blogspot.com/2012/01/toughest-game-show-question.html ) You are on a game show and there are three doors. The presenter tells you that behind one of ... bisht88.divya (73)

Direction 2 21 (12/23/2011 9:28:04 PM) comp.programming Is .NET the only way forward? I hope not. Where will developers go? -- Joe Wright "If you rob Peter to pay Paul you can depend on the support of Paul." ... joewwright (1737)

Performance of hand-optimised assembly 108 68 (12/23/2011 6:43:32 PM) comp.lang.c I'm starting a new thread, but it is prompted by this remark from 88888 Dihedral about a short binary search function I posted: | Do you consider to convert 5 to 10 lines of C to assembly? | I did that 20 ye... ben.usenet (6515)

Toughest Probability Question 41 44 (12/12/2011 11:57:56 AM) comp.lang.c Toughest Probability Question (Source : http://hardest-puzzle.blogspot.com/2011/12/toughest-probability-question.html ) How many people must be gathered together in a room, before you can be certain that there... bisht88.divya (73)

question on function pointers 12 24 (12/4/2011 10:33:06 AM) comp.lang.c Hello I have another question this one regards function pointers. I have an api function that has the following prototype. int sqlite3_exec( sqlite3*, /* An open database */... El_Durango (24)

wchar_t is useless 22 34 (11/21/2011 2:14:35 PM) comp.lang.c I have recently written a number of posts regarding C's wide character support. It now turns out that my investigation has been in vain: wchar_t is useless in portable C programming, although I'm not quite sure... la (473)