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Why are Progress Bars Always Wrong? Progress Bar Example in C // Progress bars are extremely common and nearly always inaccurate. Why? This tutorial shows you how to add a simple progress bar to your terminal programs. The example is in C and uses libcurl, but easily translates to any other language. I also talk about the difficulties of predicting when tasks will complete.

Related Video: https://youtu.be/daA-KBKfJ_o




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