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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 08:14:15 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to write elegant C coding
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 03:49:07PM +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> I'd say better to study compile theory and a kind of compiler source code.

Yes, gcc source definitely makes a great cautionary tale about the need of
writing elegant code and dreadful results of not doing so.