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by tootlol 5451 days ago
Right now my main interest is mastering C or C++. Do you know a good open source project I could get started with?
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sea6ear 5451 days ago
Some thoughts off the top of my head (hopefully accurate):

  - Do you use Vim? I believe it's written in C
  - Apache web server - written in C (I believe)
  - Mozilla Firefox - written in C++
These above would have the advantage that they might be programs you are already using, and thus somewhat familiar with.

For something smaller:

  - Aspell is a clone of ispell that is written in C++
    I believe they were looking for a new maintainer of
    the Windows port a while back.

  - Also, mongrel2 (by Zed Shaw) is a new web server written
    in C that seems well thought out. And since it is new,
    it may be more understandable than some of the larger
    programs above. Also, the ZeroMQ infrastructure that
    it uses seems interesting and useful to know about.
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tootlol 5451 days ago
How do I go about understanding the internals of Fire fox or GNU emacs? Do I need to understand the entire thing to contribute? If not what should I do?
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a3camero 5451 days ago
Sorry, I don't.

Are you interested in games? There are probably some good open source games you could try "modding".

Probably some searching around on Sourceforge or Google would help you identify a project in your area(s) of interest.

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eru 5450 days ago
Stick to C. Have you read K&R, yet?
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