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If only there was a universally available program and format for programming API’s we could reach for as a single command. We could call this man (short for manual).

What happened? In C ecosystem this is a no brainer. Why can’t my frameworks offer a simple man page I can download into a folder and it works offline. Why does modern documentation require such fancy things like a web browser?




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