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> If you need that whole paragraph to understand (* ++argv)[0], you might be an awesome programmer, but you're not yet a reasonably experienced C programmer. ;)
by yakitori 9y ago
> If you need that whole paragraph to understand (* ++argv)[0], you might be an awesome programmer, but you're not yet a reasonably experienced C programmer. ;)
That's the beauty of C. It can both amaze and terrify you at the same time. It's the programming equivalent of Philippe Petit. It's walking on a tight rope between the twin towers without a parachute or safety net.
If anyone here enjoys awe and terror of C, look through the ioccc submissions.
https://www.ioccc.org/winners.html https://www.ioccc.org/winners.html