Programming Help

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1/5 What do you need help with?

C Programming: Anything pertaining C programming and/or gcc, glibc.
Does it keep crashing and are you tired of Segmentation fault?
Syntax errors, trouble with arrays or pointers, aliasing issues, memory leaks.
Locales, variable arguments, gcc/glibc extensions, ...
Hardware optimizations for computationally intensive code – SSE, inefficient constructs, ...
Algorithmization: I need to figure out the best approach to do XY in my program.
Sorting and searching, graph algorithms, data mining, ...
Efficient data structures, optimizing for real hardware.
UNIX/Network Development: Makefile trouble? A shell script not doing your bidding?
Multi-thread programming and pthreads, UNIX IPC.
Socket programming, terminals, symbols and shared objects, ...
GNU and Linux specific APIs – or enhancing portability!
Perl Programming: Want a regex to parse this pesky string? Can't pin this syntax error down?
Need to tame Perl code left behind by someone else?
Objects and modules, Poe and Moose, Unicode issues, ...
Git Setup/Usage: Deploying and setting up Git? Or just hit a snatch in daily usage?
Unexpected push/pull troubles. Complex repo structures.
Digging and rewriting history. Trouble with your scripts and hooks.
Explaining best practices, figuring out the best workflow for you.
Other: Do you believe I might be of help with something else?
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Please note that I will not be able to help you with Windows/Mac-specific issues.
Also select this if you would like to hire me for a coding job.

2/5 Describe your query

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3/5 Contact information

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4/5 How much do you want to pay?

unsure

Here is my problem, please just quote me a fee.

I need the answer now and I will pay you later if it is helpful enough. (Rates start at $7100 KčBTC 0.5/query.)

$5 80 Kč BTC 0.15

Special introductory offer!

Can you help me find the syntax error?

How to deal with this strange error message?

Can you give me few starting points on XY?

$25 400 Kč BTC 0.7

Here is a larger piece of code, what is wrong with it?

Can you explain how XY works?

I need help analyzing this core dump.

I need you to actually code the whole XY from scratch.

Here is 1000 lines of code, it crashes once in a week.

No worries, the fee will be reduced if we hit a problem that turns out to be easy! If you are not happy with the solution, you get all your money back!

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