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		The Development of the C Language (Dennis Ritchie) (bell-labs.com)
		8 points by qwph on Nov 15, 2008 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

wayne on Nov 15, 2008 [–]

Was interesting reading the reasoning behind the funky & vs. == precedence rules. I.e. the requirement of parentheses when writing:

  if ((a&mask) == b)

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