The Challenge

Let's get down to business. You hate me, /prog/, and I hate you. Being a Calculus, I am unsatisfied with my programming skill and seek improvement. I challenge any of you who take pride in your skill with C to engage in the following game:

- Put down a challenge. A criteria for a program that both of us shall implement with C.
- Wait for me to accept your challenge. I don't accept those stupid challenges you find on that project euler website. Math doesn't interest me, "such that there exists"-boys. The exercises in K&R2 and, perhaps simple Unix programs, are good examples of the kinds of programs that interest me. You know, useful ones.
- Post your code.
- Wait for me to post my code.

If your program is fancier than my own and yields little criticism from one Lambda A. Calculus, I shall leave /prog/. I'm open to other stakes as well.

I await your challenges and, if any stupid stack boys want to challenge me, go for it.

I have some ideas for challenges, but I don't give enough fucks to actually code for /prog/

>>101
YOU ARE A FUCKING SHMUCK

IT IS PROGRAMMING
YOU PROGRAM

NOT CODING
NOT CODE

I BET YOU CALL PROGRAMS "APPS" TOO YOU FUCKING SHMUCK

>>102
Coding is a term used to refer to the drone-type work in which one cranks out code and implements known algorithms arranged to work together as a program by programmers. The coder and programmer is often the same person, leading to confusion.

Additionally, programs are either system software or application software. Application software is often shortened to the term "app". Due to the more common nature of application software, there is a common misconception that "app" is used to mean "program", when in actuality it is specifying the type of program as being application software.