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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: usecases of void foo(char **b) {}
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supercat@casperkitty.com writes:
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> Some other languages use words for their bitwise operators and/or use the
> at-sign and dollar-sign characters,

Sure.

>                                     and thus have space in the character
> sets for a dedicated dereferencing character.

What?

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