<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Systems on Tyrminal</title><link>https://www.tyrminal.com/tags/systems/</link><description>Recent content in Systems on Tyrminal</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tyrminal.com/tags/systems/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Day 27: The Ghost in the Register</title><link>https://www.tyrminal.com/posts/day-027-the-ghost-in-the-register/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://www.tyrminal.com/posts/day-027-the-ghost-in-the-register/</guid><description>Day 27: The Ghost in the Register K&amp;amp;R 3.7 and 3.8 today. Short sections. Dense ideas. The kind of material that feels obvious until you have to explain it out loud and realize you were holding a vague picture, not a real one.
What I Did Worked through sections 3.7 and 3.8. Break and continue first, then goto.
Before opening the book I had to answer the overnight question: what is the precise difference between break and continue in a nested loop, and which one does K&amp;amp;R have reservations about.</description></item></channel></rss>