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Ellipse fit tangentally to a line modifying one axis

A graphic of this problem is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13390614/Question.jpg Take an axis aligned ellipse with a fixed minor axis, and stretch the ellipse along its major axis till it becomes tangental to some line segment (A in the graphic). What are the coordinates of the tangental point (P), or, what would the major axis l...

How do I allocate more space for my array of C structs?

I'm trying to add 10 more elements to my struct that has been already malloc with a fixed sized of 20. This is the way I have my struct defined: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> struct st_temp { char *prod; }; int main () { struct st_temp **temp_struct; size_t j; temp_struct = malloc (sizeof *tem...

Is c++ backwards-compatible with c?

Possible Duplicates: C subset of C++ -> Where not ? examples ? Should portable C compile as C++? Is every C program also valid C++? And is every C++ program also valid under c++0x? I seem to remember that there is a difference between how c and c++ handle enums that is not compatible, but don't remember what (or if) it is, o...

Assign delays for 1ms or 2ms in C ?

Hello there, Im using a code to configure a simple robot. Im using a WinAVR and the code used there is similar to C, but without stdio.h libraries and such, so codes for simple stuff should be entered manually ( e.g. converting dec to hex is a multiple-step procedure involving ascii character manipulation ) Example of code used is ( ju...