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With a new decompiler for C/C++, developers can gain insight into the workings of a program without looking at source code. That’s the plan for Snowman, which the project’s lead developer hopes to ...

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 ...

“Normal” programmers can get away with the assumption that their C programs start executing from the main() function. But embedded developers need to know what happens before that. Lesson 13 explores ...

The first word that came to mind when I heard about introducing Garbage Collection techniques into a C or C++ program was “nonsense”. As with any other decent C programmer who loves this language, the ...

Perl, Python and PHP are the holy trinity of CGI application programming. Stores have shelves full of books about these languages, they're covered well in the computer press and there's plenty on the ...

In one form or another, C has influenced the shape of almost every programming language developed since the 1980s. Some languages like C++, C#, and objective C are intended to be direct successors to ...

Although C is still a powerhouse programming language, C’s difficulty with large-scale projects knocked it down the index, especially compared with C++. The top three programming languages on the ...