Programming C without variables is like, well, programming C without variables. They are so essential to the language that it doesn’t even require an analogy here. We can declare and use them as ...

I'm quite new to programming, so please do forgive my newbie questions and thanks for your help in advance! : )<BR><BR>I'm trying to write a little program in C that ...

I believe your alternative is exactly equivalent, so the reason they didn't do it that way is just that they preferred their way for whatever reason. Presumably they found it familiar and readable and ...