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Op 09-09-15 om 19:55 schreef Steven D'Aprano:
> In fairness to the C creators, I'm sure that nobody back in the early
> seventies imagined that malware and security vulnerabilities would be as
> widespread as they have become. But still, the fundamental decisions made
> by C are lousy. Assignment is an expression?

What is wrong with that?

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Antoon Pardon