“tt>str-> str_pok |= SP_FBM; /* deep magic */s = (unsigned char*)(str-> str_ptr); /* deeper magic */
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
Source code, <code>util.c</code>
“tt>break; /* don't do magic till later */
Source code, <code>stab.c</code>
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