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@alexgwalley
alexgwalley / google_oauth2.c
Last active September 7, 2025 10:51
Google OAuth 2.0 Get Access Token - Basic
#define WINDOWS_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <winhttp.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "Crypt32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "bcrypt.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
@Nostracodus
Nostracodus / simplified-earley-parsing.md
Last active August 22, 2024 20:07
Slightly Simplified Earley Parsing

Slightly Simplified Earley Parsing

Cody Miller

This is a quick note on Scott and Johnstone's "Recognition is not parsing - SPPF-style parsing from cubic recognisers" paper. It aims to explain one part of the Earley parser implementation of this algorithm and how it can be simplified by trading one problem for another. This is stitched together from my unpublished notes. Think of this less as a tutorial and more as a brain dump.

An interactive tool to parse and display the shared packed parse forests (SPPFs) described in the paper can be accessed here. The implementation there does not currently use the optimized implementation described here (and sketched in the original paper) nor the simplified form given below. It's probably useful to play around with that tool to get a feel for the structure of the SPPF nodes, as they aren't described much here.

I'm not going to do a big picture overview of t

@mmozeiko
mmozeiko / !README.md
Last active December 6, 2025 21:26
Download MSVC compiler/linker & Windows SDK without installing full Visual Studio

This downloads standalone MSVC compiler, linker & other tools, also headers/libraries from Windows SDK into portable folder, without installing Visual Studio. Has bare minimum components - no UWP/Store/WindowsRT stuff, just files & tools for native desktop app development.

Run py.exe portable-msvc.py and it will download output into msvc folder. By default it will download latest available MSVC & Windows SDK from newest Visual Studio.

You can list available versions with py.exe portable-msvc.py --show-versions and then pass versions you want with --msvc-version and --sdk-version arguments.

To use cl.exe/link.exe first run setup_TARGET.bat - after that PATH/INCLUDE/LIB env variables will be updated to use all the tools as usual. You can also use clang-cl.exe with these includes & libraries.

To use clang-cl.exe without running setup.bat, pass extra /winsysroot msvc argument (msvc is folder name where output is stored).

@mmozeiko
mmozeiko / win32_d3d11.c
Last active December 4, 2025 23:57
setting up and using D3D11 in C
// example how to set up D3D11 rendering on Windows in C
#define COBJMACROS
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <d3d11.h>
#include <dxgi1_3.h>
#include <d3dcompiler.h>
#include <dxgidebug.h>
@d7samurai
d7samurai / .readme.md
Last active December 9, 2025 22:28
Minimal D3D11

Minimal D3D11

Minimal D3D11 reference implementation: An uncluttered Direct3D 11 setup + basic rendering primer and API familiarizer. Complete, runnable Windows application contained in a single function and laid out in a linear, step-by-step fashion that should be easy to follow from the code alone. ~200 LOC. No modern C++, OOP or (other) obscuring cruft. View on YouTube

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@shafik
shafik / WhatIsStrictAliasingAndWhyDoWeCare.md
Last active December 3, 2025 17:13
What is Strict Aliasing and Why do we Care?

What is the Strict Aliasing Rule and Why do we care?

(OR Type Punning, Undefined Behavior and Alignment, Oh My!)

What is strict aliasing? First we will describe what is aliasing and then we can learn what being strict about it means.

In C and C++ aliasing has to do with what expression types we are allowed to access stored values through. In both C and C++ the standard specifies which expression types are allowed to alias which types. The compiler and optimizer are allowed to assume we follow the aliasing rules strictly, hence the term strict aliasing rule. If we attempt to access a value using a type not allowed it is classified as undefined behavior(UB). Once we have undefined behavior all bets are off, the results of our program are no longer reliable.

Unfortunately with strict aliasing violations, we will often obtain the results we expect, leaving the possibility the a future version of a compiler with a new optimization will break code we th

@Starl1ght
Starl1ght / main.cpp
Created March 26, 2017 21:32
Console
#include <vector>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <tuple>
template <typename T>
std::vector<std::string> Split(T&& input) {
std::stringstream ss{ std::forward<T>(input) };
return std::vector<std::string> {std::istream_iterator<std::string>(ss), std::istream_iterator<std::string>{} };
@rxaviers
rxaviers / gist:7360908
Last active December 9, 2025 21:45
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