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M.M
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Professional C programmer since 1999, mostly on embedded systems. Some Windows C++ development also. Since 2025, an OpenVMS software engineer mainly using C but also a mix of other languages.

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What does &> do in bash?
Jul 17, 2014
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Why do C and C++ compilers allow array lengths in function signatures when they're never enforced?
Mar 27, 2014
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Array-syntax vs pointer-syntax and code generation?
Jul 17, 2018
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What is the purpose of ";" at the end of for loop?
Apr 24, 2015
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Is a^a or a-a undefined behaviour if a is not initialized?
Aug 1, 2014
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Meaning of options in mingw-w64 installer
Apr 29, 2015
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Why is a const variable sometimes not required to be captured in a lambda?
Apr 18, 2017
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Is it legal to compare dangling pointers?
Jun 7, 2015
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Does this self-assignment do something sensible?
Feb 21, 2017
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Does &((struct name *)NULL -> b) cause undefined behaviour in C11?
Nov 13, 2014

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C Standard thread marked as off-topic
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Which game is this: you are in the gargoyle garden
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Why was Tom Bombadil left out of the LOTR movies?
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