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Re:C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand so... by d-lisp on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @02:42PM (#37835829)
It's possible that parsing a complex condition wrapped by parentheses was found more convenient.
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Re:C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand so... by loup-vaillant on Friday October 13, 2023 @02:21PM (#37873763)
It’s not. Not for humans (the extra parenthesis is just useless clutter), and not for machines (I’ve written parsers, both alternatives are as easy to implement).
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