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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: 5[array] (was Re: "for" loops in C ...)
Message-ID: <1350@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 88 09:07:49 GMT
References: <14999@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <4700019@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <6945@cdis-1 <1076@dukeac.UUCP>
Organization: McGill University, Montreal
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In article <1076@dukeac.UUCP>, sbigham@dukeac.UUCP (Scott Bigham) writes:
> In article <10742@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
>> I don't know about i[ptr] being less readable than ptr[i].  [...]
> a[b] looks like an array reference, so [...] I assume that it _is_.

> The point is, is there ever any practical reason to use this
> construct?  Do you ever use it?  Does anyone?

"Practical" is doubtful, but since nobody else has mentioned this....

main() { printf(&unix["\021%six\012\0"],(unix)["have"]+"fun"-0x60);}

So there. :-)

					der Mouse

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(No, that program isn't original with me, sorry.)