Mad Man with a Compiler

Most programmers are familiar with the "modulus" operator, which is the percent symbol in the language C and many other programmin...

For the most part, C++ is a superset of C.  You can write C code, rename the file with a .cpp extension, and the compiler will compile it in...

For my final segment on the use of gotos, let us not forget one important hidden goto. The switch statement is essentially a goto with a var...

One other place where goto can be useful is in implementing tail recursion. As you should recall, tail recursion is when a function returns ...

Another time I often find use for a goto is in a for loop that is scanning an array to find a match. If a match is found, a break terminates...

If you're in a nested loop in C code, and you want to issue a break or continue statement, but want it to apply to the outer loop, you...

The most obvious use of a goto statement in C is for exception handling.  Many people before have noted that this is one good use of gotos. ...

Hopefully you've heard of the famous letter by Edsger Dykstra, "Go To Statement Considered Harmful." This was one of the most...

This is a fun little tidbit.  Assembly language is, obviously, not portable.  If you use inline assembly code in a C program, you won't...

Earlier this year, I was given a puzzle as a gift.  It's a simple frame with Tetris-like blocks of different shapes, and the object is t...