Book Meme

2008-11-12

"Thus two separate source program files, each of which contains the definition int a; either represent an error (if the linker prohibits duplicate external variables) or will share a single instance of a whether they wanted to share a or not."

C Traps and Pitfalls, Andrew Koenig

• Grab the nearest book.
• Open it to page 56.
• Find the fifth sentence.
• Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these # instructions.
• Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

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