Archive for the ‘C and C++’ Category

Reverse complement FASTA benchmark

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

FASTA format is used in bioinformatics to describe peptide sequences or nucleic acid sequences. One of the benchmarks at the computer languages game requires that a program parse a 'stdin' redirected input of these FASTA formated sequences and print the content of the sequence in reverse order. Each character in the ...

Atoi() or not to Atoi()

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Update: May 13th, 2008 My solution has been accepted and placed in the interesting alternative category. A bitter-sweet victory considering my program as tested by their standards is the fastest C language entry . It is still a small honor to be recognized and to know that my entry shaved off ...

GUI546 - Pong |. |

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Assignment 2 for GUI546 at Seneca College in Graphical User Interface (GUI) Programming Who doesn't like Pong ? A breakout hit of epic proportions, Pong has traversed a long and arduous path into our hearts. The program is written in C++.Net and utilizes basic Windows GDI features to simulate a game of ...

CSC209 - Location Server

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Assignment 4 for CSC209 at University of Toronto in Software Tools and Systems Programming Introduction One of the interesting features of MSN Messenger is that you can see if a person is online and be able to look up their personal status . Some fields can be ...

DSA555 - Peg jump / solitaire solver

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Assignment 1 in DSA555 at Seneca College in Data Structures and Algorithms in C++ Peg solitaire is a game where a set amount of pegs are filled in on a board with a set amount of pegs slots. To solve the Solitaire, a player consecutively jumps a peg over another peg ...