Embedded developers often bemoan the fact that no programming language is ideal for their particular needs. In a way, this situation is unsurprising, because, although a great many developers are ...

On June 4, 1996, the Ariane 5 rocket was launched, carrying a constellation of four research satellites. Approximately 30 seconds after liftoff, the rocket exploded. The subsequent investigation found ...

Separating interface from implementation has many practical benefits. Here’s a simple way to do just that, in ANSI-standard C code. How do you organize medium-sized or larger C programs? Few C ...

This book is the first of a four-part series designed for programmers. This volume starts with the architectural basics, but includes plenty of C code examples to make it a worthwhile read for a new C ...

Writing software in C that is portable and reusable is quickly becoming a critical activity in the world of embedded software. But portable C Code doesn’t happen by accident; it requires intent and ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Ever find yourself staring at a tricky coding problem and thinking, “shit”? If those thoughts make their way into your code or the associated comments, you’re in good company. When undergraduate ...

DeepCode, the cloud service that uses machine learning to analyze codebases for security flaws and potential bugs, can now analyze C and C++ code. Trained by analyzing thousands of open source ...