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Recent Lessons

Ignoring Signals: January 19, 2019 You probably don't know what a signal is, but you have definitely seen its effect.
I'm Outta Here: January 12, 2019 Ways to leave your program, gracefully or not.
Negative Time: January 5, 2019 Time moves forward, but a time_t value can also be negative.
Fizz Buzz: January 1, 2019 It's a classic programming puzzle, primarily because so many different solutions present themselves.
Tick-Tock Goes the Clock, Part III: December 29, 2018 Keep the clock's time in sync with the system time.

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This Month's Exercise

The Whole Month from a Single Day: December 1, 2018 Given a day of the week and date of the month, reconstruct the entire month and output it one week.

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