>>> After I pointed it out and he verified that was indeed the problem,
>>> he started ranting about how you shouldn't have to declare variables
>>> at all.
>> I guess he stuck with Basic !!! ;))))
> 
> Or Python, or any number of languages... but not with C.

Languages exist that both
- do not require explicit declarations, yet
- are (compile-time!) type correct

Sadly, all such languages I know are in the functional area, which makes 
them not easily suited to embedded work.

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