Chapter 6

Taking a Look Under the Hood

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The chapter delivers the information that in order to obtain a driver’s license or a pilot’s license, a hood or the cowling for pilots is required. It is not important to understand neither how each part of the engine works nor how to fix it. Generally, mechanics feel happy to take care of it. But a basic understanding of what is going on would help to be a better driver or pilot. If one understands the machine, one can control it better. If required, one can diagnose little problems and can do a little maintenance. Working with a compiler is not that dissimilar. Sometime ahead, one has to start looking under the hood to get the best performance out of it. The basics of string declaration ...

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