Mastering the C programming language - a classic code environment used to build software, apps, and whole operating systems - is a great skill, and Mac OS X makes it easy to learn.

While the old C++ compiler, cfront, needed special steps to compile (since it was built using C++), you can build cake for Windows or Linux easily.

The awesome power of C cuts both ways. Here’s what to watch out for, and how to keep your C programs on the straight and narrow. Few programming languages can match C for sheer speed and machine ...

Find out how source code is compiled for different programming languages and computer architectures, including the evolution from FORTRAN to CLR and JIT compilers.