... function¹

Following the convention of C, the words function and subroutine will be used interchangeably.

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... C.²

C++, which includes much of the actual code in header files, is a different matter.

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...common.h).³

See page 33 of Kernighan and Ritchie, 2nd Ed., for an explanation of definition vs. declaration.

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