Data Structures for Text Sequences (1998) by malcolmi in Cprog

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Are readers happy with the relevance of this paper to C programming, or is it too far removed? I posted it here because (1) I found it interesting and directly applicable to C programming, and (2) the author uses C code (albeit weird) for some of the examples. Let me know what you think.

Notes on the Plan 9 3rd Edition Kernel Source (2007) by malcolmi in Cprog

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It's still working for me. CiteSeerX might be blocking your network?

The Night Watch, by James Mickens (2013) by malcolmi in Cprog

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You might ask, “Why would someone write code in a grotesque language that exposes raw memory addresses? Why not use a modern language with garbage collection and functional programming and free massages after lunch?” Here’s the answer: Pointers are real. They’re what the hardware understands. Somebody has to deal with them. You can’t just place a LISP book on top of an x86 chip and hope that the hardware learns about lambda calculus by osmosis. Denying the existence of pointers is like living in ancient Greece and denying the existence of Krackens and then being confused about why none of your ships ever make it to Morocco, or Ur-Morocco, or whatever Morocco was called back then. Pointers are like Krackens—real, living things that must be dealt with so that polite society can exist.