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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: question about linker
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 17:12:44 +0100
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On 03.12.2024 16:24, David Brown wrote:
> On 03/12/2024 13:34, Bart wrote:
>> [...]
> 
> Of course lots of C programmers have never read the standards.  But they
> generally know that they don't know these details, and don't try to
> pretend that the language details that they don't know are confusing.
> They simply get on with the job of writing clear C code as best they can.

I feel an urge to point out that the C standard is not necessary to
understand concepts that can be read about in textbooks or inferred
(or just tried out, if the available sources are unclear about some
detail).

Janis