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c-squares: render squares in the terminal window (c language) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by christos to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20670854

https://gitlab.com/christosangel/c-squares

c-squares written in the C language will render random coloured rectangulars in the terminal, while the font, speed, density, color, ratio and number of the shapes drawn are fully costumizable.

Every time a rectangular is complete, a new one starts to take shape.

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Feel free to explore the endless variations.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do not get your point?

A script is more about the program rather than the language. You can write a script in assembly or C++ or whatever

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it? I thought a script is a portable and instantly grokkable piece of code that can be easily modified by others, since it uses very little actual code in itself (e.g. by being reliant on larger imported frameworks), and thus not being a full-fledged application.

The above code is pretty much self-contained, and though it is impressively minimal, it is not instantly grokkable, and I would have a hard time modifying it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough. For me, scripts are small reusable programs performing a very specific (sometimes trivial or common) task. Eg: making a wav file from PCM data, modifying byte sequences or formatted text in a particular way, etc. I mostly program in C so I have written most scripts in C. Need not necessarily be grokkable as long as its application and scope is clear

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Need not necessarily be grokkable as long as its application and scope is clear

Well that's a fair point.