About C / C++ / C#C / C++ / C#Nokia's Big Giveaway (and purchase!)- June 24, 2008 I know I harp on about non computer devices, but while it's now estimated that there are a billion PCs of all sorts in the world, there are probably 4...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/24/nokias-big-giveaway-and-purchase.htm Change to Programming Challenge 13- June 23, 2008 Apologies to those who have already entered, you can resubmit entries if you want. The change is that hits on a ship can now return the type of ship hit...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/23/change-to-programming-challenge-13.htm Yet Another C Puzzle!- June 22, 2008 it's just a phase I'm going through- normal service will resume shortly! Ralph Lakes sent me this one and I must admit it fooled me for a minute. Can you...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/22/yet-another-c-puzzle.htm Another C Puzzle from Robert C Cartaino- June 21, 2008 C allows conditional compilation so define Debug class program static void Main() if Debug int x = 0; else int x = 1; endif initializes an int x with 0. So what will the following do define Debug class Program static...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/21/another-c-puzzle-from-robert-c-cartaino.htm My Answer to the C Programming Puzzle- June 19, 2008 As I'm writing this there have more comments than entries in some programming challenges! Here is my answer which I see others have also done. The conditional operator does the...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/19/my-answer-to-the-c-programming-puzzle.htm Mega Collaborative Game Development- June 18, 2008 Slightly off-topic for once but it's about software development (and games). As part of three contests they've been running for the last few months, Acclaim is developing a free to...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/18/mega-collaborative-game-development.htm C Programming Puzzle - Count Down!- June 17, 2008 This is C only, not in C++ as you could probably solve this with templates! Write a small program in C to count down from 50 to 1 using printf...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/17/c-programming-puzzle-count-down.htm A free Graphics E-Book by Michael Abrash- June 16, 2008 Anyone in game or just PC programming from the late 80s on should recognize the name of Michael Abrash. As well as working on the original Quake (optimizing it) and...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/16/a-free-graphics-e-book-by-michael-abrash.htm Game Contest! Win Dollars with Your XNA Game Submission- June 15, 2008 No prizes though for guessing which gigantic software corporation that is into C is sponsoring this contest. Up to $75K is up for grabs with $40K to first place. This...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/15/game-contest-win-dollars-with-your-xna-game-submission... C++ Advanced Data Structures - B+ Tree.- June 14, 2008 One of the things I've always liked about programming is advanced data structures. Just think of the problems that face Google and other search engines; coping with millions of queries...http://cplus.about.com/b/2008/06/14/c-advanced-data-structures-b-tree.htm |