<<On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:56:37 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" <d...@newsguy.com> 
said:

> Peter Jeremy wrote:
>> 
>> I'll support that.  The example given in style(9):
>> 
>> a = b->c[0] + ~d == (e || f) || g && h ? i : j >> 1;
>> 
>> should rate as an entry in the Obfuscated C competition rather than
>> an example of maintainable code.

> As a matter of fact, what's the reasoning behind this particular
> style(9) recommendation?

I believe that it was an attempt on Berkeley's part to ``raise the
bar'' for kernel coders -- `if you don't know the C operator precedence
table by heart, you shouldn't be writing kernel code'.  Obviously, it
didn't work, or we wouldn't be here today.

-GAWollman

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