Task: Card shuffles
C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>

void init() {
    srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
}

int random(int low, int high) {
    int diff, val;

    diff = high - low;
    if (diff == 0) {
        return low;
    }

    val = rand() % diff;
    return val + low;
}

void initDeck(int *deck, const int size) {
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
        *deck++ = i + 1;
    }
}

void writeDeck(const int *deck, const int size) {
    int i;

    printf("[");
    if (size > 0) {
        printf("%d", *deck++);
    }
    for (i = 1; i < size; ++i) {
        printf(", %d", *deck++);
    }
    printf("]");
}

void riffleShuffle(int * const deck, const int size, int flips) {
    int n, cutPoint, nlp, lp, rp, bound;
    int *nl;

    nl = (int *)malloc(size * sizeof(int));

    for (n = 0; n < flips; ++n) {
        cutPoint = size / 2;
        if (random(0, 2) > 0) {
            cutPoint = cutPoint + random(0, size / 10);
        } else {
            cutPoint = cutPoint - random(0, size / 10);
        }

        nlp = 0;
        lp = 0;
        rp = cutPoint;

        while (lp < cutPoint && rp < size) {
            
            bound = (cutPoint - lp) * 50 / (size - rp);
            if (random(0, 50) >= bound) {
                nl[nlp++] = deck[rp++];
            } else {
                nl[nlp++] = deck[lp++];
            }
        }
        while (lp < cutPoint) {
            nl[nlp++] = deck[lp++];
        }
        while (rp < size) {
            nl[nlp++] = deck[rp++];
        }

        memcpy(deck, nl, size * sizeof(int));
    }

    free(nl);
}

void overhandShuffle(int * const mainHand, const int size, int passes) {
    int n, cutSize, mp, op, tp, i;
    int *otherHand, *temp;

    otherHand = (int *)malloc(size * sizeof(int));
    temp = (int *)malloc(size * sizeof(int));

    for (n = 0; n < passes; ++n) {
        mp = 0;
        op = 0;
        tp = 0;

        while (mp < size) {
            cutSize = random(0, size / 5) + 1;

            
            for (i = 0; i < cutSize && mp < size; ++i) {
                temp[tp++] = mainHand[mp++];
            }

            
            if (random(0, 10) >= 1) {
                

                
                for (i = op - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                    otherHand[i + tp] = otherHand[i];
                }

                
                memcpy(otherHand, temp, tp * sizeof(int));
                op += tp;
                tp = 0;
            } else {
                
                for (i = 0; i < tp; ++i, ++op) {
                    otherHand[op] = temp[i];
                }
                tp = 0;
            }
        }

        
        memcpy(mainHand, otherHand, size * sizeof(int));
    }

    free(otherHand);
    free(temp);
}

#define SIZE 20
int main() {
    int deck[SIZE];

    init();

    printf("Riffle shuffle\n");
    initDeck(deck, SIZE);
    writeDeck(deck, SIZE);
    printf("\n");
    riffleShuffle(deck, SIZE, 10);
    writeDeck(deck, SIZE);
    printf("\n\n");

    printf("Riffle shuffle\n");
    initDeck(deck, SIZE);
    writeDeck(deck, SIZE);
    printf("\n");
    riffleShuffle(deck, SIZE, 1);
    writeDeck(deck, SIZE);
    printf("\n\n");

    printf("Overhand shuffle\n");
    initDeck(deck, SIZE);
    writeDeck(deck, SIZE);
    printf("\n");
    overhandShuffle(deck, SIZE, 10);
    writeDeck(deck, SIZE);
    printf("\n\n");

    printf("Overhand shuffle\n");
    initDeck(deck, SIZE);
    writeDeck(deck, SIZE);
    printf("\n");
    overhandShuffle(deck, SIZE, 1);
    writeDeck(deck, SIZE);
    printf("\n\n");

    return 0;
}

Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math/rand"
    "time"
)

func reverse(s []int) {
    for i, j := 0, len(s)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
        s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
    }
}

func riffle(deck []int, iterations int) []int {
    le := len(deck)
    pile := make([]int, le)
    copy(pile, deck)
    for i := 0; i < iterations; i++ {
        mid := le / 2
        tenpc := mid / 10
        
        cut := mid - tenpc + rand.Intn(2*tenpc+1)
        
        deck1 := make([]int, cut)
        deck2 := make([]int, le-cut)
        copy(deck1, pile[:cut])
        copy(deck2, pile[cut:])
        pile = pile[:0]
        fromTop := rand.Intn(2) 
        for len(deck1) > 0 && len(deck2) > 0 {
            if fromTop == 1 {
                el1 := deck1[0]
                deck1 = deck1[1:]
                el2 := deck2[0]
                deck2 = deck2[1:]
                pile = append(pile, el1, el2)
            } else {
                el1 := deck1[len(deck1)-1]
                deck1 = deck1[:len(deck1)-1]
                el2 := deck2[len(deck2)-1]
                deck2 = deck2[:len(deck2)-1]
                pile = append(pile, el1, el2)
            }
        }
        
        if len(deck1) > 0 {
            pile = append(pile, deck1...)
        } else if len(deck2) > 0 {
            pile = append(pile, deck2...)
        }
        reverse(pile) 
    }
    return pile
}

func overhand(deck []int, iterations int) []int {
    le := len(deck)
    pile := make([]int, le)
    copy(pile, deck)
    pile2 := make([]int, 0)
    twentypc := le / 5
    for i := 0; i < iterations; i++ {
        for len(pile) > 0 {
            cards := 1 + rand.Intn(twentypc)
            if cards > len(pile) {
                cards = len(pile)
            }
            temp := make([]int, cards)
            copy(temp, pile[:cards])
            pile2 = append(temp, pile2...)
            pile = pile[cards:]
        }
        pile = append(pile, pile2...)
        pile2 = pile2[:0]
    }
    return pile
}

func main() {
    rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
    fmt.Println("Starting deck:")
    deck := make([]int, 20)
    for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
        deck[i] = i + 1
    }
    fmt.Println(deck)
    const iterations = 10
    fmt.Println("\nRiffle shuffle with", iterations, "iterations:")
    fmt.Println(riffle(deck, iterations))
    fmt.Println("\nOverhand shuffle with", iterations, "iterations:")
    fmt.Println(overhand(deck, iterations))
    fmt.Println("\nStandard library shuffle with 1 iteration:")
    rand.Shuffle(len(deck), func(i, j int) {
        deck[i], deck[j] = deck[j], deck[i] 
    })
    fmt.Println(deck)
}