Readability

[COTTRELL, JAMES]

/*
> Don't take K&R too much as gospel.  It is an excellent book,
> but it really did not try to specify everything to the level
> that a language lawyer would want.  (X3J11 is trying to do that.)
> K&R has to be read with the attitude of extracting the "spirit"
> of the language from what is implied as well as from what is said.

Agreed. However, after reading (some version) of the draft, now I
know why they call them `language lawyers'! K&R was at least readable.

	jim		cottrell at nbs
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