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- .NH 1
- Introduction
- .PP
- C [1][2] is a dangerous programming language.
- The programmer is allowed to do almost anything, as long as
- the syntax of the program is correct.
- This has a reason. In this way it is possible to make a fast
- compiler which produces fast code.
- The compiler will be fast because it doesn't do much checking
- at compile time.
- The code is fast because the compiler doesn't generate run time
- checks.
- The programmer should protect himself against producing error
- prone code.
- One way to do that is to obey the
- .I
- Ten Commandments for C programmers
- .R
- [appendix B].
- This document describes an implementation of the
- .I lint
- program, as referred to in Commandment 1.
- It is a common error to run
- .I lint
- only after a few hours of debugging and some
- bug can't be found.
- .I Lint
- should be run when large pieces of new code are accepted by the
- compiler and as soon as bugs arise.
- Even for working programs it is useful to run
- .I lint,
- because it can find constructions that may lead to problems in
- the future.
- .bp
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