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The earliest reference on my shelf is Kernighan and Ritchie, 1978. Like you say, it's probably just been passed on from generation to generation. And it's easie
by analog31 2y ago
The earliest reference on my shelf is Kernighan and Ritchie, 1978. Like you say, it's probably just been passed on from generation to generation. And it's easier to say "just like C" than to make up a new convention. Python uses the same convention.
- eru 2y agoThe article is not about the convention, but about the mechanics of how the compiler came to 'learn' about the convention.