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Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by EMM_386 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:54AM (#31133833)
Type in some syntax in the C programming language, it will translate it into English to help you get a better mental picture of what is going on.
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Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by SaulJLH on Saturday April 23, 2022 @09:24AM (#31134046)
That's literally it? Thought might be more to it, hmm still interesting, thanks!
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Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by theophrastus on Saturday April 23, 2022 @11:30AM (#31135087)
Well it goes the other way too. English to arcane C declaration. And that's what many of us have used it for decades (and decades...). Try:

    declare xyzzyx as pointer to pointer to array 153 of const double
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