>>Hacks are seen as "good" C programming, and encouraged, so this kind of thing happens. Perhaps among new developers. Us old-timers who have to maintain this

>>Hacks are seen as "good" C programming, and encouraged, so this kind of thing happens. Perhaps among new developers. Us old-timers who have to maintain this stuff have learned to avoid "clever" code rather quickly and admonish those who write it. Elegant, to me, includes "easy to read and understand."