Even relatively new C programmers have no trouble reading simple C declarations such as int foo[5]; // foo is an array of 5 ints char *foo; // foo is a pointer to char double foo(); // foo is a function returning a double but as the declarations get a bit more involved, it's more difficult to know exactly what you're looking at. char *(*(**foo[][8])())[]; // huh ????? It turns out that the rules for reading an arbitrarily-complex C variable declaration are easily learne...