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Code Explainer @CodeExplainer

Interesting snippets of code taken apart for your viewing pleasure.

Joined February 2018
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I can see it - can you? #c #c99 #code #wontcompile #riddle #coderiddle
pikuma.com
@pikuma
26 Jul 2023
Without using a compiler, do you know why this C99 code fails to compile?
C programming code compilation error

ALT C programming code compilation error
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LaurieWired
@lauriewired
6 Jul 2023
OS internals books are wild...
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a very detailed deep dive about a bluetooth car battery monitor that also tracks the user's location #deepdive #reverseengineering #android #privacy doubleagent.net/2023/05/21/a…
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Float explainer: Why does 0.1 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004? A great write up by ⁦@b0rk⁩ jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/08/why-…

Why does 0.1 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004?

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Ahmad Awais
@MrAhmadAwais
18 May 2022
The binary tree actually exists!!
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Mysterious Memset: vector-of-bool.github.io/202… #cplusplus #compiler #optimization

Mysterious Memset

Where did that memset come from?

vector-of-bool.github.io
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GPS explainer: get your fix #gps #deepdive #explanation ciechanow.ski/gps/
ELF on the shelf - the famous article about shrinking Linux binaries revisited for 2021 nathanotterness.com/2021/10/… #linux #elf #assembly #minimal
Hardware Explainer: how to build a #cpu in 19 easy steps, from ⁦@RobertElderSoft⁩ #hardware #processor #circuit blog.robertelder.org/how-to-…
this is how to get Homer Simpson interested in math - the famous donut.c by @a1k0n explained: a1k0n.net/2021/01/13/optimiz… #donut #C #coding #programming

donut.c without a math library

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BGP explainer: a great article on the network protocol everyone is taking about since yesterday, by ⁦@b0rk⁩ #bgp #deepdive jvns.ca/blog/2021/10/05/tool…

Tools to explore BGP

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Let the music play! analyzing an #IOCCC winning entry from 2013 by Yusuke Endoh #coding #C #programming #music codeexplainer.wordpress.com/…

Let the music play

Good news for all International Obfuscated C Code Contest fans — here’s another winning piece from 2013 written by Yusuke Endoh, who is no stranger to the Contest. It is dubbed the Most…

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LONELY LOVE IS EMPTY #BabaIsYou #turingcomplete
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how to make a gzip file that decompresses to itself? a great deep dive about quines #quine #gzip #hack blog.matthewbarber.io//2019/…
happy Pi day! #PiDay #PiDay2020 #ioccc codeexplainer.wordpress.com/…

Underscore Pi

This clever program written by Brian Westley calculates π by looking at its own area.  It is one of the winning entries of IOCCC in 1988.

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#compression #quine - a #gzip file that decompresses to itself #zipbomb blog.matthewbarber.io//2019/…
happy Pi day! codeexplainer.wordpress.com/… #pi #piday #ioccc #coding #programming

Underscore Pi

This clever program written by Brian Westley calculates π by looking at its own area.  It is one of the winning entries of IOCCC in 1988.

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telemetry events sent by Windows Calculator: github.com/Microsoft/calcula… #calculator #microsoft #windows #opensource #telemetry
a great gallery of #asciiart from #code #comments - #nethack boomerang trajectories are my favourite!
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A great, detailed article about the evolution of #Linux context switch on #x86. #programming #coding #assembly #OpenSource
MaiZure@maizurejp
15 Sep 2018
Broke my own rules by taking on a 'serious' topic in code archaeology: The Evolution of the x86 context switch in #Linux. maizure.org/projects/evoluti…
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