[ale] This is legal C:

J.M. Taylor jtaylor at onlinea.com
Thu Feb 12 12:51:45 EST 2004


> Well, y'all are too smart I guess -- I always figured the compiler
> expected a pointer as a and an int as i in a[i], although I knew how
> *(a+i) worked. Perhaps this is more of a novelty with java
> programmers.....
> 
> 	bjorn

Bjorn,

*I* found it terribly interesting, thanks for posting it. :)  I come from 
a scripting background (shameful lack of knowledge of things like 
pointers) and the more I learn about real languages like c, the better off I am.

So pffffffft to ye who were unimpressed. ;)

jenn



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