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Smallest C code to Crash an Operating System? [duplicate]
A shortest C program, that can crash the Operating system, either on a Windows or a Linux PC...
Rules:
The code is to be developed in C language, but it may use other api, specific to linux or ...
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Implement an IEEE 754 64-bit binary floating point number through integer manipulation
(I've tagged the question "C" for the time being, but if you're aware of another language that supports unions, you can also use that.)
Your task is to build the four standard mathematical operators ...
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Shortest conditional to run a specific statement: C code golf
Currently I have the code (expanded for your benefit):
<number> != <number> ? printf("|\\"); : <number>;
The idea here, is to do this condition in the least number of characters. ...
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print 1 to 100 without using recursion and conditions
can we print 1 to 100 without using any if conditions and loops in c&c++?
Conditon:
main point is you must not use recursion...and doesnt hardcode code in it
for e.g
print(1 2 3..etc);
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3answers
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m3ph1st0s's programming puzzle 4 (C/C++): “3-way swap”
My last puzzle has generated some confusion and controversy so I decided to give up, for now, on those "replace one character"-type puzzles.
Hope this 4th puzzle will redeem myself after all the ...
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Code-golf: square of the number of ones
I'm solving problem: in file "a.in" given the number N - length of the number consists of ones. Need to gets square of it, and put this in file "a.out". This is my shortest solution(150 bytes):
char ...
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“First time” test
What is the shortest C expression that is defined to evaluated to false the first time and true for every time after that:
Reference implementation:
bool b = false; // you get this for free.
(b ? ...
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HangOver ACM problem!
there is only one rule: get accept for this problem http://acm.ut.ac.ir/sc/problemset/view/1032!
to submit your code, you need to create an account(if you don't want to do so, just post your code ...
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Fastest C/C++ comparison function for an opaque field containing doubles
Description:
Write the fastest comparison function for an opaque field containing a double. Here is my example:
// Three-way comparison function:
// if a < b: negative result
// if a > b: ...
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C: Output “tomorrow's date”
I'm a code golf novice, but I'm eager to give it a go.
My challenge is: Write the shortest program in C which takes in a date D as input and outputs the date D + 1 day
Rules:
program must compile ...
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Poisson random number generator
What is the shortest function (implemented in C) that will return a random draw from a Poisson distribution (given the mean or λ parameter)?
int random_poisson(double lambda);
