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submitted 9 months ago by JPDev to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

But C syntax clearly hints to int *p being the expected format.

Otherwise you would only need to do int* p, q to declare two pointers... however doing that only declares p as pointer. You are actually required to type * in front of each variable name intended to hold a pointer in the declaration: int *p, *q;

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's because C was designed by a fool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The fools who created Unix

[–] Tja 3 points 9 months ago

And C!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

What, could you have done better in 70-whatever?