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What is the most efficient binary to text encoding?

This really depends on the nature of the binary data, and the constraints that “text” places on your output. First off, if your binary data is not compressed, try compressing before encoding. We can then assume that the distribution of 1/0 or individual bytes is more or less random. Now: why do you need text? … Read more

Difference between passing array and array pointer into function in C

First, some standardese: 6.7.5.3 Function declarators (including prototypes) … 7 A declaration of a parameter as ‘‘array of type’’ shall be adjusted to ‘‘qualified pointer to type’’, where the type qualifiers (if any) are those specified within the [ and ] of the array type derivation. If the keyword static also appears within the [ … Read more