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Jerry Coffin
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Started programming on a Control Data mainframe in FORTRAN IV, back when that was still a new thing. Was apparently quite masochistic, because I kept programming anyway. For that matter, I still do...



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infix_iterator code
Jun 29, 2012
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Dijkstra path finding in C# is 15x slower than C++ version
Jan 16, 2017
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ASCII text-based RPG game in C++
Aug 5, 2017
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Sorting large 1GB file with 100 millions numbers using merge sort
Jun 21, 2017
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Open, write and close a file
Feb 2, 2011
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Basic Pokedex in C++
Jul 19, 2016
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shared_ptr and FILE for wrapping cstdio (update: also dlfcn.h)
Nov 17, 2011
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Snake++ game (in C++ with SDL)
Jan 27, 2019
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Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe in C
Mar 5, 2014
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Avoiding repetition when using the "snprintf idiom" to write text
Jun 27, 2019
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Should we retain unanswered questions from deleted users?
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Rehash “How secure is my X” cryptography questions
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Is it generally a good idea to post proprietary code?
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OP says it works, the contest engine says it doesn't
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Correct format specifier for double in printf
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How to print (using cout) a number in binary form?
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Fastest way to determine if an integer is between two integers (inclusive) with known sets of values
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Can code that is valid in both C and C++ produce different behavior when compiled in each language?
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Why is conversion from string literal to 'char*' valid in C but invalid in C++