Like seriously, fuck them hard

src/main.cpp

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+/**
+ * Contains the main() routine of what will eventually be your version of top.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <ncurses.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+
+/**
+ * Gets a character from the user, waiting for however many milliseconds that
+ * were passed to timeout() below. If the letter entered is q, this method will
+ * exit the program.
+ */
+void exit_if_user_presses_q() {
+  char c = getch();
+
+  if (c == 'q') {
+    endwin();
+    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+  }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Entry point for the program.
+ */
+int main() {
+  // ncurses initialization
+  initscr();
+
+  // Don't show a cursor.
+  curs_set(FALSE);
+
+  // Set getch to return after 1000 milliseconds; this allows the program to
+  // immediately respond to user input while not blocking indefinitely.
+  timeout(1000);
+
+  int tick = 1;
+
+  while (true) {
+    wclear(stdscr);
+
+    // Display the counter using printw (an ncurses function)
+    printw("Behold, the number:\n%d", tick++);
+
+    // Redraw the screen.
+    refresh();
+
+    // End the loop and exit if Q is pressed
+    exit_if_user_presses_q();
+  }
+
+  // ncurses teardown
+  endwin();
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}

src/utils/README.md

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+Consider putting additional code here. The following are just suggested files, though you're free to change things however you want"
+
+  - `src/utils/flags.{h,cpp}` - Code for defining and parsing command-line
+     flags.
+
+  - `src/utils/sort_functions.{h,cpp}` - Code defining comparator functions
+    for ordering processes by PID, memory usage, CPU usage, and time running.
+
+  - `src/utils/statistics.{h,cpp}` - Code related to performing calculations
+    like determining CPU utilization (there aren't too many calculations to
+    do).
+
+  - `src/utils/formatting.{h,cpp}` - Code to help with formatting numbers in
+    readable formats, e.g. human-readably bytes (B, KiB, MiB, GiB, etc) and
+    time strings (seconds, minutes, hours, days, etc).
+
+Any test classes that you add under this directory will be automatically
+included in the `make test` target. I want to encourage you to add unit tests of
+your own. They're really helpful, =)