IIRC even K&R Second Edition acknowledges that the C type syntax is awkward for non-trivial cases. The "new" style used by Go, Rust, Zig, Typescript etc... is

IIRC even K&R Second Edition acknowledges that the C type syntax is awkward for non-trivial cases. The "new" style used by Go, Rust, Zig, Typescript etc... is a lot easier to read because it always 'resolves' from left to right.