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> From: Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@COGNIVIS.COM>
>
> Pascal, however, has the notion of subordinate routines that only exist
> within the scope of a single parent routine.


The scoping of variables in C is flexible and logical. Function scoping is
primitive. Nested functions have many advantages including making code
readable.

Walter Banks

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