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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: question about linker
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:55:30 +0100
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On 30.11.2024 16:57, David Brown wrote:
> 
> For most people new to C, it's enough to tell them that "int* a, b;"
> declares "a" as a "pointer to int" and "b" as an "int".  You tell them
> it is a bad idea to write such code, even re-arranged as "int *a, b;",
> because it is easy to get wrong - they should split the line into two
> declarations (preferably with initialisations).  The C newbie will thank
> you for the lesson, and move on to write C code without writing such
> mixed declarations.

That's why the newbies are preferred for programming; they are flexible,
cheap, and they do what they are told. ;-)  (Sorry, could not resist.)

Janis