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The team behind scripting language PHP has announced PHP version 8.0, a major release that may require developers to review code for any breaking changes. This ...

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Structures (or “structs” in C) allow you to group several related variables and treat them as one unit. They are a mechanism for extending the type system of the C language by introducing user-defined ...

This course provides an overview of System Programming for the Linux operating system, or software which is interfacing directly with the Linux Kernel and C library. The basic components of a Linux ...

Zig is a popular systems-oriented language that is serious about replacing C. Here's what you need to know about Zig. The Zig programming language continues its gradual advance into the world of ...

Imagine a large room filled with people talking at once. Each person is trying to make an important point, but there is so much noise' it does not matter what is said, it is impossible to understand ...

Compilers often translate source code for a high-level language, such as C++, to object code for the current computer architecture, such as Intel x64. The object modules produced from multiple ...

[Editor's note: Part 2 shows how to optimize DSP kernels (i.e., inner loops), and how to write fast floating-point and fractional code. Part 4 explains why it is important to optimize “control code,” ...