Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Difference between these pointer syntaxes Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:32:41 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <8737mdh47k.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87mvkkflc0.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <871t1wf8f8.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87vaz7eg7c.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87tweqdeuo.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <2baffab6-79be-4f6b-b078-9c6f02352901@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="945944de09706c9b4e29b53c9d2efdc2"; logging-data="24237"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18sWqul0GX8cy6Uoz+dpmkD" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vVICVxSiFKMXiWB82ZfYlmDrUnk= sha1:xTy04BfEHiDSCHhfNZhwCpomxLY= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:92213 BartC writes: > On 12/08/2016 20:30, Ike Naar wrote: [...] >> A competent C programmer must be able to read and recognize valid >> C, even if they don't like the style it's written in. Of course >> they don't have to write it like that, but they should be able to >> recogize it without having trouble to get their heads around it. > > The language allowing dozens of ways to express the same thing really > doesn't help. Even basic stuff such as accessing a 2D array. True. Nevertheless, "A competent C programmer must be able to read and recognize valid C, even if they don't like the style it's written in. Of course they don't have to write it like that, but they should be able to recogize it without having trouble to get their heads around it." -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"