Programmers learning Rust struggle to understand own ership types, Rust’s core mechanism for ensuring memory safety without garbage collection. This paper describes our process of systematically ...

coost is an elegant and efficient cross-platform C++ base library. Its goal is to create a sword of C++ to make C++ programming easy and enjoyable.

malloc(200). You get a pointer. free(ptr). It's gone. Your program doesn't own memory. The OS does. When you call malloc(), glibc asks the OS for a chunk of memory using a syscall called sbrk().

Welcome to the Fall 2026 edition of 15-410/605. If you've forgotten how to modify your shell startup files (e.g., so that your PATH environment variable includes a specific directory automatically ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Download PDF Join the Discussion View in the ACM Digital Library Recognizing Rust’s potential, the industry has shown significant interest in migrating legacy systems from C to Rust. Such migration ...

Zig is a popular systems-oriented language that is serious about replacing C. Here's what you need to know about Zig. The Zig programming language continues its gradual advance into the world of ...

In an industry defined by rapid innovation and constant change, few technologies endure the test of time. One notable exception is the C programming language — a cornerstone of modern computing that ...

The Africa Program achieves its mission through in-depth research that offers practical solutions to key challenges in US-Africa relations. The Africa Program's flagship initiatives include the ...

CPU speeds used to be the main bottleneck in applications, but over time, CPUs have gotten faster and faster. Along with the rise of big data, applications’ use of large datasets and consequent memory ...

As someone who has spent over two decades in the embedded systems industry, I’ve seen the vast evolution of technology—from 8-bit microcontrollers to today’s sophisticated, multicore systems. Yet, one ...