Because we're developing software.

On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 06:03:13 -0400
Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@???> wrote:

> Why on this list, of all the possible places in Creation? It's a great
> and important topic, but have you found no other, more appropriate
> forum?
>
> On 03/28/2016 02:50 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As the title of the email indicates, I am doing some exercises to
> > make sense out of C pointer syntax. I have been using pointers for
> > as long as I have been programming without issues, apart from the
> > usual initial programmatic errors when new code is run for the
> > first time. However, C pointer syntax is proving to be as
> > unintuitive as it can be. For this reason, I am doing some
> > exercises regarding C pointer use.
> >
> > I am attaching two short C programs that I created and which I
> > tested to work although the mechanism by which they work is still
> > somewhat hazy to me. Both programs use a function to change the
> > value of a parameter. I want to understand, as opposed to knowing
> > by rote, the mechanism why they work. Please note that I didn't
> > consult any books to create the pointers. This is because I have
> > already the concepts, but I cannot make sense, as in deeply
> > understanding the details, of pointer syntax as used in C.
> >
> > Edward