Re: [PIC] Learning C

Yes, That is common in C code.

It is occasionally the result of optimization where it saves a byte or two
in the resultant hex file but is more commonly used as:
"Code security through Obspification" the thealry being if it is hard to
read it won't be copied or modified.

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 10:59 AM David C Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ans 404 to you :-)
>
> Onew of the problems I have with trying to understand code examples in C is
> that so many of them are incomprehensibly dense.
> What would be five or six lines in Pascal or Basic is a single line in C.
> I appreciate that that is down to the programmer not the language but it is
> off putting
> i have to remind my self of the old adage:  You can write Pascal in any
> language
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> On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 at 04:01, madscientistatlarge <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "...trying to make digital files uncopyable is like trying to make water
> > not wet."
> > Bruce Schneier
> >
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> > On Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 at 8:18 PM, Spehro Pefhany <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > At 02:14 PM 2024-11-13, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > Do any of the books have syntax diagrams? Similar to what all the
> > > > pascal books had? I found those very, very useful when I was in
> > > > high school back in caveman days.
> > >
> > >
> > > Here you go, syntax of C in Backus-Naur form (BNF- now that brings
> > > back memories of Uni).
> > >
> > > The link says it was adapted from K&R 2nd edition's appendix.
> > >
> > > https://cs.wmich.edu/~gupta/teaching/cs4850/sumII06/The syntax of C in
> > Backus-Naur form.htm
> >
> > Excellent, exactly what I was looking for.  Thanks!  I knew there had to
> > be a name but right now I'd probably stumble a bit trying to write in
> > pascal.
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