"array" vs. "&array" ?

Guy Shaw shaw at paralogics.UUCP
Fri Jan 12 19:35:33 AEST 1990


In article <2378 at ektools.UUCP>, randolph at ektools.UUCP (Gary L. Randolph) writes:
> In article <21621 at mimsy.umd.edu> chris at mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
> >In article <2368 at ektools.UUCP> randolph at ektools.UUCP (Gary L. Randolph) writes:

> >> . . .

> >POINTERS AND ARRAYS ARE NOT NOW AND NEVER HAVE BEEN EQUIVALENT IN C.
> 
> True, but array *names* may certainly be treated as constant pointers.

When Alfred Hitchcock was being given a hard time about saying that actors are
cattle, he straightened out that bit of irresponsible misquoting:

  "I never said that actors WERE cattle, I merely said they should be TREATED
   as cattle."

Enough said.
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Guy Shaw
Paralogics
paralogics!shaw at uunet.uu.net  or  uunet!paralogics!shaw



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