Downloaded and built from source xmlrpc-c. I still prefer Python (or even Java) for xmlrpc, but knowing how to do it in C will surely prove useful later. Its fun to set up clients and servers in different languages and have them talk to each other.
I'm certified as an Apprentice now! Thanks to fzort, badvogato, zanee, and ncm.
Got pwned at the last TopCoder single round match. The easy problem could be solved by using a O(n) string search method. I tried Rabin-Karp, but made a very stupid mistake. A learning experience nonetheless. Posted a longer rant/post-match analysis in my LiveJournal blog.
Downloaded source of quite a few open source projects in the last few days. Going through them very carefully. mod_virgule code still baffles me. But I'm slowly making progress. The fact that many of the projects in the projects page here are either dead or have broken links (some even sound bogus) is also causing me some frustration.
Solved another problem at SPOJ. Currently mine is the only accepted Python solution there, but probably not for long.
Just noticed that fzort certified me as apprentice. Thanks fzort! However, advogato still considers me an observer.
Sent example code in Python for blogspam. Got a reply within a few minutes that it will be included with other sample code in Perl and Ruby (already done at this moment see here). Thanks Stevey!
Started reading up on Primitive Roots, trying to solve a problem related to Diffie-Hellman.
Here's a link to my small webapp on google app engine. It's a very simple pastebin clone. I just hacked it together from looking at the example code for appengine. Right now it is barely usable, and I have plans to make major improvements when I have time.
Just created my Advogato account. I had actually heard of Advogato quite a few years ago, but had not signed up. This time I actually stumbled in here while searching for hints on a SPOJ problem. But this time I actually took a good look and realised that this was a lot more than a mere blog site.
Looking at projects from the projects page now. Hopefully will find something to work on soon.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!
