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I was reading stdio.h and stdlib.h yesterday, because I wanted to know the macro definition which prevents multiple includes. The code seems a bit 'organic', li
by NAFV_P 13y ago
I was reading stdio.h and stdlib.h yesterday, because I wanted to know the macro definition which prevents multiple includes. The code seems a bit 'organic', like it was cultured in a petri dish.
- maaku 13y agoIt's an apt description as that code did grow and evolve, constrained by natural selection - only those changes which could be safely made without breaking or even changing functionality on hundreds of architectures over thousands of platforms ever made it in. Naturally that means it is an ever growing assortment of carefully vetted but otherwise horribly ugly hacks.
- NAFV_P 13y agoI thought the headers looked wicked, like a bizarre fantasy wilderness populated with fairies and leprechauns.