Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic

From	Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic
Date	2021-12-18 12:11 -0300
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:

> On 16/12/2021 22:15, Stefan Ram wrote:

[...]

>>   The best education is to get a copy of the C standard and
>>   then look up the operators you are interested in.
>
> Quoted from the "Abstract" at the beginning of the C standards:
>
> """
> A lthough this International Standard is intended to guide knowledgeable
> C language programmers as well as implementors of C language translation
> systems, the document itself is not designed to serve as a tutorial.
> """
>
> When someone asks the meaning of a traffic sign, you do not point them
> to a law library.  When someone asks the meaning of an expression in C,
> you do not point them at the standards.
>
> Once the OP has a stronger grasp of the language and more experience
> working with it, then the standards are a useful /reference/ of precise
> detail.  They are not designed for education.
>
> This group has a reputation for being far too concerned about the
> minutiae of the standards than giving useable help and practical advice
> to people with questions about C.  There is space for all kinds of
> discussion here, but it is important to try to meet people's questions
> at an appropriate level.

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on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-16 11:13 -0300
  Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-12-16 14:23 +0000
    Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-16 11:57 -0300
      Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-12-16 17:42 +0000
        Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-12-16 18:14 +0000
          Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-12-16 21:14 +0000
        Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-16 16:42 -0300
          Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-12-16 12:44 -0800
            Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 12:06 -0300
          Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-12-16 21:34 +0000
            Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-12-16 14:14 -0800
              Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-12-16 23:44 +0000
            Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 12:09 -0300
  Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-12-16 16:23 +0100
    Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-16 16:25 -0300
      Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-12-16 21:08 +0100
        Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-12-16 12:54 -0800
          Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-12-17 10:53 +0100
            Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 11:39 -0300
              Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-12-18 16:31 +0000
              Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-12-18 18:56 +0100
                Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-25 21:29 -0300
              Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-12-18 18:29 +0000
        Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 11:32 -0300
    Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-12-16 21:34 +0100
      Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-12-16 22:20 +0000
        Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 12:02 -0300
          Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 12:34 -0300
          Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-12-18 18:36 +0100
          Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-12-18 21:17 +0000
      Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-12-16 18:59 -0500
  Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-12-16 18:38 -0500
    Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-12-16 23:50 +0000
      Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic "james...@alumni.caltech.edu" <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-12-17 07:34 -0800
        Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-12-17 17:48 +0000
    Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-12-16 23:56 +0000
      Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-12-16 19:06 -0500
        Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-12-17 00:10 +0000
        Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 12:32 -0300
    Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 12:30 -0300
  Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-12-17 11:08 +0100
    Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-12-17 16:24 +0100
      Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-12-17 18:17 +0100
    Re: on understanding & and pointer arithmetic Meredith Montgomery <mmontgomery@levado.to> - 2021-12-18 12:11 -0300

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