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Re:C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand so... by vincent-manis on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:22PM (#37837731)
As I recall, B was modelled on an early BCPL compiler that didn't have an ENDCASE statement, hence the overloading of break for exiting a switch block.
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