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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:14:27 -0500
From: Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu>
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On 8/23/2012 22:17, alex23 wrote:
> But Roy's point was that referring to 'a' as a 'variable' makes no
> sense, as it's not an allocated piece of memory.

Does the computer just remember what 'a' refers to by keeping notes
about it in Narnia?

Put it this way. If C removed the & operator -- and thus you couldn't
tell what address a variable (or "variable instance", if you prefer) was
at -- would "int x;" cease to be a variable?

Evan



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