Nested function: Difference between revisions

I honestly never thought this task could ever be done in C and then I was surprised, again. It turns out that nested functions although not a C standard are supported by [https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Nested-Functions.html GCC]. I have used anonymous functions in Java and frankly, I don't see any practical benefit other than making code even harder to read. Then again, that's one of the [http://www.ioccc.org/ strengths of C]. For example, I still have no clue how come the sprintf line is working correctly. I expected the first line of the list to be '1. second', but no, [http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/90q2/ode.html C is C is C].