Best of C Programming — August 2022

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   Community Picks·4y

   How To Use Multithreading in Node.js

   Since JavaScript is single-threaded, it blocks the main thread and no other code executes until the task completes. To understand this, you will create a Node.js program with an infinite loop so that it doesn’t exit when run. Using nano or your preferred text editor, create and open the process.js file: nano process.

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   DEV·4y

   Diagrams are the ultimate engineering tool

   Jazz Di Mauro: Diagrams are powerful engineering tools. They embody the promise of a hidden, complex yet elegant mathematical underworld. An image can replace 1000 words – a diagram can replace 1,000 ideas.

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   Hacker News·4y

   Use TouchID to Authenticate sudo on macOS

   Use TouchID to Authenticate sudo on macOS Your TouchID equipped Mac can easily be configured to use your fingerprint to approve sudo commands. If you also have your Apple Watch set to unlock your Mac, you will also be able to approve commands by double-clicking the side button on the watch.

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   InfoWorld·4y

   What’s the Go programming language (Golang) really good for?

   Google's Go language, aka Golang, has evolved from being a curiosity for alpha geeks to being the battle-tested programming language behind some of the world’s most important cloud-centric projects. Go is designed to err on the side of being small and easy to understand, with certain features deliberately omitted.

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   Medium·4y

   Pointers in Python? Wait… Is It Possible?

   A recently published package allows us to use the power of pointers directly in our Python code. Pointers are defined as data-types which value is a physical address in the computer's memory. In C, it’s done with the use of the malloc function, as shown below.

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