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| From | Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers |
| Date | 2015-11-17 19:40 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87a8qcza71.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink) |
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Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 10:31:41 PM UTC+4, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 17/11/15 16:49, Alla _ wrote:
<snip>
>> > QUOTE:
>> > char arrayname[5];
>> > char *ptr;
>> > for (ptr = arrayname; ptr <= arrayname+4; ptr++)
>> > {
>> > *ptr = 0;
>> > }
<snip>
>> > This method of getting at array data is not recommended by this
>> > author except in very simple computer environments. If a program is
>> > running on a normal microcomputer, then there should be few
>> > problems with this alternative method of handling arrays. On the
>> > hand, if the microcomputer is multi-tasking, or the program is
>> > running on a larger system which has a limited manager, then memory
>> > ceases to be something which can be thought of as a sequence of
>> > boxes standing next to one another. A multi-tasking system shares
>> > memory with other programs and it takes what it can find, where it
>> > can find it. The upshot of this is that it is not possible to
>> > guarantee that arrays will be stored in one simple string of memory
>> > locations: it might be scattered around in different places.
<snip>
>> Be warned that the book is teaching you nonsense.
> That's what has caused troubles to me. I also thought so.
But what book is it? The quote is so wrong that I'd like to know, just
in case anyone else needs to warned off using it.
> And actually reading it made me extremely thankful to Kochan version,
> highly chastised here too )))
Yes, but the latest book seems to be very much worse.
--
Ben.
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Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 08:49 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-17 12:36 -0500
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-17 17:47 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:34 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-17 12:16 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-17 15:23 -0500
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:33 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-17 09:41 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-17 10:03 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-17 20:31 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-17 12:53 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:32 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-17 18:45 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:53 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-17 15:05 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2015-11-19 21:16 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Anand Hariharan <mailto.anand.hariharan@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 15:47 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-11-17 15:53 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-18 04:05 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-17 19:41 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-11-17 12:17 -0600
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-17 18:21 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-17 10:36 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-17 18:46 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:49 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:47 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-17 18:51 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:55 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-17 11:59 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-11-17 12:58 -0600
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-17 19:12 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-17 19:33 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-11-17 13:25 -0500
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-17 18:31 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:39 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:40 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-17 19:40 +0000
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-17 11:15 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-17 15:32 -0500
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-17 15:09 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-17 15:41 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-17 21:28 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-17 23:18 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-17 17:18 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-17 22:37 -0500
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Lőrinczy Zsigmond <zsiga@nospam.for.me> - 2015-11-18 11:27 +0100
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-18 06:13 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers guinness.tony@gmail.com - 2015-11-24 02:46 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-24 09:21 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 05:01 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-24 09:22 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 06:47 -0800
Re: Issue on assigning address to pointers Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 06:44 -0800
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