Ask HN: C/C++ Project Ideas?

2 points by stevofolife 5y ago ↗ HN

I have programming experiences in Python and JavaScript but recently I've been wanting to dive deeper into lower level programming. Syntax in C/C++ isn't foreign to me and I do have a good intuition on what level of abstraction they're at.

But I want to build something that's meaningful and fun but can't really think of anything that is worth building in C/C++ and not in Python or JS.

Any recommendations?

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azhenley 5y ago ↗

An operating system?

Check out my blog post, Challenging projects every programmer should try:

https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/challengingprojects.html

stevofolife 5y ago ↗

Funny how I got my interest in C/C++ because of the OS course I'm taking right now.

I just read your post regarding it. Do you recommend additional resources that can help get into writing your own OS in C/C++?

I'm not sure that I want to learn Rust, or do you have a motivating reason why I should learn Rust instead?

Thanks!