More proof that C has a really really weird declaration syntax. Who can quickly understand what the standard library function SIGNAL is?

void (* signal(int sig, void (* func)(int)))(int);

Dear lord.

The secret, as I was taught, was that "C declarations mimic usage". Or as I think of it, "C declarations are bass-ackwards".

When you say "char (* c)[4]", you're saying "this variable c, when dereferenced, will return something, when subscripted up to the value four, will return something that is a char". Or in normal speak, a pointer to an array of four characters. But when you say "char * c[4]", you're saying "this variable c, when subscripted up to the value four, will return something, when dereferenced, will return something that is a char". Or an array of four pointers to char.

Now excuse me, while I handle this headache...