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On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 09:33:09AM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> K&R was so dense that my head was swimming after the first read.  I then
> read it through again, and everything pretty much clicked.

Agreed, it's an awesome book.  All the stuff you need is there and there
is no fluff.  I suspect people will still be reading that book 50 years
from now.