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 ### Footnotes
 
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 <a name="myfootnote1">1</a>: Unfortunately, there is a lot to learn about the
 C library, but at some point, you've just got to **read documentation** to
 learn what is available. Why not now, when you are young? Or, if you are old,
 why not now, before it's ... ahem ... too late?
 
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