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> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 19:58:37 -0600
> From: Rugxulo <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com>
> 
> For some reason (obviously my own ignorance), I was thinking that all
> headers shouldn't include others, i.e. should be strictly isolated.

It's not ignorance.  There indeed was such a rule in ANSI C.  If
someone can show a quotation which says that, I'd appreciate, but I
have a distinct memory of reading it in a standard text.

> I guess that changed after C89.

As I wrote elsewhere, the current trend seems to be the exact
opposite: include everything you possibly can.