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Ode to C

May your signals all trap 
May your references be bounded
All memory aligned
Floats to ints rounded


Remember ...


Non-zero is true
++ adds one
Arrays start with zero
and, NULL is for none


For octal, use zero
0x means hex
= will set
== means test


use -> for a pointer
a dot if its not
? : is confusing
use them a lot


a.out is your program
there's no U in foobar
and, char (*(*x())[])() is
a function returning a pointer
to an array of pointers to
functions returning char

“Ode to C”

  1. Anonymous Anonymous Says:

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    Have a nice evening!
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  2. Anonymous Anonymous Says:

    nice one... i should have heard that 3 years ago...might have helped me remember lots of C concepts

  3. Anonymous Anonymous Says:

    Ever heard of mathematician who refused to learn C saying that it is inconsistent when he encountered the following statement?

    X = X + 1;

    Jokes apart.
    ++adds one, before or after?

    Also few from my side (top of the mind)
    1.void * means something
    2.To have { in the same line or the next line, that's the question
    3.You can write/read from anonymous unions
    4.Ignore the evils macro at you own peril!

  4. Anonymous Anonymous Says:

    Emelie, I will try to get the code for you.
    Ankur, thanks for your comments!
    Karthik

    x++ does it after
    ++x does it before

    1.void* x declares a pointer x of type void. It is a universal pointer that can have any pointer assigned to it. Generally used for allocating memory.

    2.Style says { should be in the same line

    3. not sure about this one

    4. agreed!