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- From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Pointer/address reluctance
- Message-ID: <14807@ksr.com>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 17:23:39 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ksr.14807
- References: <l8kteaINNp2c@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
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- linden@positive.Eng.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden) writes:
- >Can anyone explain the reluctance that some of the experts here
- >have in equating "pointer" with "address"?
-
- Because as soon as someone slips and admits that "addresses" are one possible
- scheme for implementing "pointers", dozens of non-experts start posting
- ancient misunderstandings and silliness based on how things work on their
- peecee, thus driving all of the experts to drink heavily. Good Scotch is
- quite expensive, so the insistance upon the abstract nature of pointers is
- a cost-saving measure.
-