Task: Taxicab numbers

C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef unsigned long long xint;
typedef unsigned uint;
typedef struct {
	uint x, y; 
	xint value;
} sum_t;

xint *cube;
uint n_cubes;

sum_t *pq;
uint pq_len, pq_cap;

void add_cube(void)
{
	uint x = n_cubes++;
	cube = realloc(cube, sizeof(xint) * (n_cubes + 1));
	cube[n_cubes] = (xint) n_cubes*n_cubes*n_cubes;
	if (x < 2) return; 

	if (++pq_len >= pq_cap) {
		if (!(pq_cap *= 2)) pq_cap = 2;
		pq = realloc(pq, sizeof(*pq) * pq_cap);
	}

	sum_t tmp = (sum_t) { x, 1, cube[x] + 1 };
	
	uint i, j;
	for (i = pq_len; i >= 1 && pq[j = i>>1].value > tmp.value; i = j)
		pq[i] = pq[j];

	pq[i] = tmp;
}

void next_sum(void)
{
redo:	while (!pq_len || pq[1].value >= cube[n_cubes]) add_cube();

	sum_t tmp = pq[0] = pq[1];	
	if (++tmp.y >= tmp.x) {		
		tmp = pq[pq_len--];
		if (!pq_len) goto redo;	
	} else
		tmp.value += cube[tmp.y] - cube[tmp.y-1];

	uint i, j;
	
	for (i = 1; (j = i<<1) <= pq_len; pq[i] = pq[j], i = j) {
		if (j < pq_len && pq[j+1].value < pq[j].value) ++j;
		if (pq[j].value >= tmp.value) break;
	}
	pq[i] = tmp;
}

uint next_taxi(sum_t *hist)
{
	do next_sum(); while (pq[0].value != pq[1].value);

	uint len = 1;
	hist[0] = pq[0];
	do {
		hist[len++] = pq[1]; 
		next_sum();
	} while (pq[0].value == pq[1].value);

	return len;
}

int main(void)
{
	uint i, l;
	sum_t x[10];
	for (i = 1; i <= 2006; i++) {
		l = next_taxi(x);
		if (25 < i && i < 2000) continue;
		printf("%4u:%10llu", i, x[0].value);
		while (l--) printf(" = %4u^3 + %4u^3", x[l].x, x[l].y);
		putchar('\n');
	}
	return 0;
}


C++: #include <algorithm>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>

template <typename T>
size_t indexOf(const std::vector<T> &v, const T &k) {
    auto it = std::find(v.cbegin(), v.cend(), k);

    if (it != v.cend()) {
        return it - v.cbegin();
    }
    return -1;
}

int main() {
    std::vector<size_t> cubes;

    auto dump = [&cubes](const std::string &title, const std::map<int, size_t> &items) {
        std::cout << title;
        for (auto &item : items) {
            std::cout << "\n" << std::setw(4) << item.first << " " << std::setw(10) << item.second;
            for (auto x : cubes) {
                auto y = item.second - x;
                if (y < x) {
                    break;
                }
                if (std::count(cubes.begin(), cubes.end(), y)) {
                    std::cout << " = " << std::setw(4) << indexOf(cubes, y) << "^3 + " << std::setw(3) << indexOf(cubes, x) << "^3";
                }
            }
        }
    };

    std::vector<size_t> sums;

    
    for (size_t i = 0; i < 1190; i++) {
        auto cube = i * i * i;
        cubes.push_back(cube);
        for (auto j : cubes) {
            sums.push_back(cube + j);
        }
    }
    std::sort(sums.begin(), sums.end());

    
    auto nm1 = sums[0];
    auto n = sums[1];
    int idx = 0;
    std::map<int, size_t> task;
    std::map<int, size_t> trips;

    auto it = sums.cbegin();
    auto end = sums.cend();
    it++;
    it++;

    while (it != end) {
        auto np1 = *it;

        if (nm1 == np1) {
            trips.emplace(idx, n);
        }
        if (nm1 != n && n == np1) {
            if (++idx <= 25 || idx >= 2000 == idx <= 2006) {
                task.emplace(idx, n);
            }
        }
        nm1 = n;
        n = np1;

        it++;
    }

    dump("First 25 Taxicab Numbers, the 2000th, plus the next half-dozen:", task);

    std::stringstream ss;
    ss << "\n\nFound " << trips.size() << " triple Taxicabs under 2007:";
    dump(ss.str(), trips);

    return 0;
}