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Why I filter out Google from Usenet
Language Wars
Top-Posting
Portability
Casting in C
Reading data in C
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In these few pages you can find a series of essays on various contemporary technical and not-so-technical subjects.

Language Wars is a short plea for tolerance of other people's choice of programming language.

Why top-posting is bad is a short plea for intolerance of other people's choice of posting style. :-)

Portability gives a few hints on how to keep your C programs portable.

Casting in C provides some useful advice on when you should, and should not, use casts.

Reading data in C discusses the problems involved in reading string data into a C program, and presents some solutions too.


Ben Pfaff has also scribbled a few scribblings, which are well worth a read.