(You can also read this post on my blog) On the past three editions of Programming Feedback for Advanced Beginners (#16, #17, #18) we've been optimizing Justin Reppert's ASCII art generation program. If you haven't read these editions yet then start with them. You'll still get something out of this week's discussion if you don't, but they contain a lot of good stuff that you'll need in order for this week to properly click into place.
PFAB #19: Working with raw bytes
PFAB #19: Working with raw bytes
PFAB #19: Working with raw bytes
(You can also read this post on my blog) On the past three editions of Programming Feedback for Advanced Beginners (#16, #17, #18) we've been optimizing Justin Reppert's ASCII art generation program. If you haven't read these editions yet then start with them. You'll still get something out of this week's discussion if you don't, but they contain a lot of good stuff that you'll need in order for this week to properly click into place.