Tag: Software

Yes, I used goto

Posted in: Software
About: The stigma surrounding the `goto` instruction in C is strong, but it can be useful nevertheless for cleaner code in for error handling as exceptions are not available.

Numerus v2.0.0 released

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Posted in: Software
About: Numerus is a library to convert from and to roman numerals. I rewrote it from Java to C, making it a lot better and faster.

Wget retry-until-completed alias

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Posted in: Software
About: Wget is amazing but how to make it work smoothly on unstable connections? I use a shell alias to make it retry the download infinite times until it's done.

Shortest path problem in ring buffer or circular double linked list

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About: Think about an analogical clock and ignore the minute and second hand. Your hour hand is currently pointing to `11` and you want to move it to `3`. Do you turn the hand clockwise or counterclockwise? This is a simple algorithm with C implementation to find the shortest path on a clock-like ring.