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Jerry Coffin
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Shield AI
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Started programming on a Control Data mainframe in FORTRAN IV, back when that was still a new thing. Was apparently quite masochistic, because I kept programming anyway. For that matter, I still do...



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Read whole ASCII file into C++ std::string
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Correct format specifier for double in printf
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How to print (using cout) a number in binary form?
Sep 8, 2011
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Fastest way to determine if an integer is between two integers (inclusive) with known sets of values
Jun 13, 2013
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Can code that is valid in both C and C++ produce different behavior when compiled in each language?
Oct 15, 2012
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Why is conversion from string literal to 'char*' valid in C but invalid in C++
Jan 6, 2014
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How to set initial size of std::vector?
Jul 12, 2012
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How come an array's address is equal to its value in C?
Mar 27, 2010
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Removing trailing newline character from fgets() input
Apr 22, 2010
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What is the meaning of the auto keyword?
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