Re: Paasing global variables to functions

ankisharma@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi all
>
> At many places I have seen that programmers pass global variables
> to functions in c. I am not able to figure out why they do so.

Never underestimate the sheer overwhelming power of mindless stupidity.

> need
> some clues on this. somewhere i heard that this philosophy is from
> object orieted world but is it applicable for c?

Think global. Act local.

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