Re: Pointers to "why C behaves like that ?"

David Thompson wrote:
> In PL/I also, as already noted, declarations can be omitted if the
> default is correct, but if present can occur anywhere even after
> reference; I don't recall seeing any good use for this except nested
> PROCs.


There are lots, but one significant one is to allow declarations and
executable code in macros, which can be placed anywhere in a program.
Since we're talking about not forcing humans to do what can be done by
machine, I would count not forcing a specific placement of
declarations here also.

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