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From: "John T. Williams" <jtwilliams@vt.edu>
Subject: Stupid Question.
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 14:53:24 -0400
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I know I should know this, but I don't, and haven't been able to find a
good answer.

What does declaring a function static do?    ie 
What is the difference between

static int blue() {
	return 0;
}

and 

int blue() {
	return 0;
}