Professor Jerry Cain from Stanford University covers C programming, emphasizing pointers and structs. He demonstrates an unconventional method to access struct fields. I highly recommend this entire 29-video series for anyone interested in C.

Full Series: Stanford University - C programming

Nothing unconventional here.. just basic pointer operations. It is, however not "didactic" or "orthodox" in its approach. The explanation is very good and all programmers should know this.

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails." — Dolly Parton 🤣

On my system ((struct fraction *) &(pi.denom)->denom=33 overwrites 4 bytes of the stack carnary and causes a SIGABRT. @alexbtaylor

I mean .... it would print out a 33... or smash a stack or address space elsewhere and cause unpredictable behavior?

Kids, this is why c programmers can’t have nice things

lol

That's my academic advisor!!

Holy crap, nice—he is actually cracked.

Anyone else think that the drawing of memory with “higher” addresses going up is backwards? Higher addresses visually go down… at least, they do in my mind 😂