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<p>Created page with &quot;Presentation about toad today * Small CLI program to manage to-do lists * Built in C, GPLv3 * Written over 2 weeks * Internally mostly one file * Gets arguments, processes non-specific commands, loads relevant files, processes specific commands * Lessons: ** C string processing isn&#039;t very good *** Generally very annoying *** Requires lots of extra allocations *** Concatenation is hell ** Fun to write C code *** Simple *** Small library = low mental overhead ** Build sys...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Presentation about toad today<br /> <br /> * Small CLI program to manage to-do lists<br /> * Built in C, GPLv3<br /> * Written over 2 weeks<br /> * Internally mostly one file<br /> * Gets arguments, processes non-specific commands, loads relevant files, processes specific commands<br /> * Lessons:<br /> ** C string processing isn&#039;t very good<br /> *** Generally very annoying<br /> *** Requires lots of extra allocations<br /> *** Concatenation is hell<br /> ** Fun to write C code<br /> *** Simple<br /> *** Small library = low mental overhead<br /> ** Build systems are hard<br /> *** Lots of them<br /> *** Make, CMake, Autotools, etc<br /> ** Not hard to get started in C<br /> *** Already probably have GCC on your system<br /> *** Simple to read and write<br /> *** Few libraries needed for something this small<br /> * Linux/Unix Philosophy<br /> ** Most stuff here is written in C<br /> ** Libraries target C first<br /> ** Small and composable programs are useful</div>

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