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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!contessa!mwm
  2. From: mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer)
  3. Subject: Re: Pointers
  4. Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
  5. Distribution: world
  6. References: <BxJzzv.4H7@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <721539019@sheol.UUCP> <1dujcuINNru4@early-bird.think.com>
  7. X-NewsSoftware: Amiga Yarn 3.4, 1992/08/12 15:49:52
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  10. Message-ID: <mwm.2mib@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us>
  11. Date: 13 Nov 92 00:37:37 PST
  12. Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica
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  15. In <1dujcuINNru4@early-bird.think.com>, barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) wrote:
  16. > C function pointers aren't like any other pointers in the language.  You
  17. > can't do pointer arithmetic on them.
  18.  
  19. Actually, you *can* do arithmetic on them. It's just not very
  20. portable. I've actually seen this done in production C code.
  21.  
  22.     <mike
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