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main problem isn't brackets themselves - it's that they're too on the right had brackets been displayed as curly braces in C - everything would look much more
by NooneAtAll3 4mo ago
main problem isn't brackets themselves - it's that they're too on the right
had brackets been displayed as curly braces in C - everything would look much more manageable
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