Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!paralogics!shaw
From: shaw@paralogics.UUCP (Guy Shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: "array" vs. "&array" ?
Summary: about precision of expression
Message-ID: <257@paralogics.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 90 08:35:33 GMT
References: <1989Dec22.013757.3086@sj.ate.slb.com> <571@mwtech.UUCP> <2378@ektools.UUCP>
Organization: Paralogics; Santa Monica, CA
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In article <2378@ektools.UUCP>, randolph@ektools.UUCP (Gary L. Randolph) writes:
> In article <21621@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
> >In article <2368@ektools.UUCP> randolph@ektools.UUCP (Gary L. Randolph) writes:

> >> . . .

> >POINTERS AND ARRAYS ARE NOT NOW AND NEVER HAVE BEEN EQUIVALENT IN C.
> 
> True, but array *names* may certainly be treated as constant pointers.

When Alfred Hitchcock was being given a hard time about saying that actors are
cattle, he straightened out that bit of irresponsible misquoting:

  "I never said that actors WERE cattle, I merely said they should be TREATED
   as cattle."

Enough said.
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Guy Shaw
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