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Hello World in C

December 17, 2025 chello-worldbeginnergetting-started

Every programming journey starts with Hello World. This example is particularly special in C - it’s the original Hello World, first appearing in the 1978 K&R book “The C Programming …

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Variables and Types in C

March 8, 2026 cvariablestypesdata-types

C is a statically typed, weakly typed language — every variable has a fixed type declared at compile time, but the compiler allows many implicit conversions between types. This combination gives C its …

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Strings Are Not Simple: How 12 Languages Model Text (And Why They Disagree)

March 23, 2026 programming-languagesstringsjavapythonrustgocswiftrubylua

Every programming language has strings. They’re so universal — so unremarkable — that we rarely stop to ask how they actually work. You type some characters between quotation marks, hand them to …

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