Monday, 8 June 2026
What is a WEBP file?
WEBP is a file image format created by Google (introduced in 2010) providing both lossy and lossless compression, usually producing much smaller file sizes than JPEG or PNG while keeping similar visual quality. It is based on the RIFF (the famous Resource Interchange File Format) container structure.
Thursday, 4 June 2026
C/C++ on VS Code
You can edit C/C++ code in VS Code but you need the C/C++ Extension Pack for more features.
gcc on Windows
gcc on Windows can be used from WSL2.
gcc --version
gives you the version you are using and the operating system.
gcc versions can be found here.
The C ABI
The C ABI refers to the C Application Binary Interface.
This will differ depending on platform.
Platform specific ABI specifications include:
Very important for C/C++ and assembly programmers.
C++ Value Categories
Every Win Joe knows an lvalue when they see one, but there are subtleties.
glvalue
prvalue
xvalue
Recap here (from cppreference.com).
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