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Reordering C Structure Alignment

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The memory footprint of C programs can be reduced by manually repacking C structure declarations. This article is about reordering the structure members in...

Be Cautious while using Bit Fields for Programming

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In this article, the author tells embedded C programmers why writing code involving bit fields needs to be done carefully, failing which the results...

Write Your Own conio.h for GNU/Linux

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Here's a close look at the technique and code for console handling in Standard (i.e., ISO/ANSI) C/C++.   In the latter part of the article...

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,...

Joy of Programming: Scope, Lifetime and Visibility in C

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Often, programmers confuse the scope, lifetime and visibility of variables. So I'll cover these three important concepts in this month's column. Whenever you declare a...

Modify-function-return-value hack! — Part 2

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In my previous article on this topic, we discussed some guidelines on how to write a secure application in C. The article focused on...

Let’s Hook a Library Function

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If you are a developer, and want to change the way a library function works, this article will give you a basic idea of...

Getting Started with Inotify

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Inotify is a Linux kernel feature that provides an event-driven framework for applications to monitor changes in the filesystem. This article demonstrates how to...