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How do Arrays Decay into Pointers?

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This article is for C programming newbies and enthusiasts. It deals with how arrays are passed as parameters to a function decays into pointers. Many...

Function Pointers and Callbacks in C – An Odyssey

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Function pointers are among the most powerful tools in C, but are a bit of a pain during the initial stages of learning. This...

Joy of Programming: Fail Fast!

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When a problem occurs in the software, it should fail immediately, in an easily noticeable way. This "fail fast" behaviour is desirable, and we'll...

Joy of Programming: The Legacy of C

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Dennis Ritchie died on the 8th of October 2011, at the age of 70. His lasting contributions to computing include creating the C language,...

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Welcome to CodeSport! In this month's column, we feature a set of programming questions, as requested by a few of our student readers. In last...

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Welcome to CodeSport!  In this month's column, we turn our attention to software coding errors, which lead to buggy code. We will discuss different...

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Welcome to CodeSport! In this column, we provide the solutions to a few of the questions we had featured last month. Last month's column featured...

Joy of Programming: Why C is a Middle-Level Language!

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C has low-level language features disguised as high-level features. We'll look at two case studies -- arrays and functions -- to understand what we...

Joy of Programming: Questions and Answers on C

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Let's look at some of the queries received from readers relating to programming in C. Q. Where are enum members stored in memory? How does...