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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: == vs. = a final word
Message-ID: <7602@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 1 Apr 88 14:00:09 GMT
References: <1222@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <2285@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <2285@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> llave@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Rafael Llave) writes:
>K&R themselves suggest 
>#define BEGIN {
>#define END }

I think you missed the sarcasm; this is not recommended practice.
The second edition should make this clearer.