Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mit.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: pointers and pointing Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:00:08 +0100 Organization: http://www.ieee.org/ Lines: 53 Message-ID: <87zjjdlb13.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mit.eternal-september.org; posting-host="bdee7d74bb5599725cdba9fe2a37525e"; logging-data="20187"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18FTY0IcWU4WtL+q767IwOqVZxQMSI2Frc=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:J/chzxHIbwn8/EltUS43N1ywWGk= sha1:l8dGzFwA9AGDRZKBPG9V4gZEmXk= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:43286 "Bill Cunningham" writes: > Barry Schwarz wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:25:03 -0400, "Bill Cunningham" >> wrote: >> >>> I don't know Barry the thing about clc is that when you ask a >>> question and 3 people respond you will get 3 different answers. And >>> people will lie to you >> >> When you ask a poorly worded question, you should expect a variety of >> answers since people will make different assumptions about what you >> really meant. >> >>> too with some exceptions. I have had people fuck with me and lie >>> about the way things work. But you must remember the only time you >>> can come to clc for >> >> I've seen people post incorrect responses, including myself, without >> malice but the only person I've seen deliberately lie here is you. > > What did I deliberately lie about. This has been long in the past > someone said to do something when I did they laughed. It didn't work out so > good. That was long ago. > >>> help is when you do not need it. When there is a *problem* and you >>> have *solved* it; well then you can come to clc. >> >> And yet you keep coming back even though your problems are never >> solved. > > Then I must not have grasped something. People have many times talked > right over my head. I have had a variety of problems yes. Right now my > concern is the difference in pointer notation. If that makes any sense. I've > used it as far as I've do it by following book but I've never understood > fully the power of pointers and how to mechanically use them. Perl and > python do no good in the *nix system interface. > > Bill > > int *p; > > Ok when do I use p and when do I use *p. That right now I am working on. > LOL. Surely not even the regular gasbags are going to bother replying to this one! 1/10 -- "Avoid hyperbole at all costs, its the most destructive argument on the planet" - Mark McIntyre in comp.lang.c