I guess what I'm looking for is a function that returns right away even if there's no input at the time. What's the cross-platform or *nix-flavored alternative to Microsoft's OVERLAPPED system?

Techne, Tomas, and Anya learn how computers “talk” with us through input and output.

Parameters allow functions to accept input, enabling them to adapt to various situations and handle different tasks dynamically. The Do-Something function performs a single job, for example, but you ...

If you've made it this far in our programming lessons, you've arrived at the reward. Today we're learning about functions and then we're going to make a very simple guessing game.