From: tmoran@acm.org
Subject: Re; Question about pointer
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:41:35 GMT
Date: 2002-10-07T00:41:35+00:00 [thread overview]
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> But, right now, i don't know what is the advantage of utilisation of
> pointer in a program
There are more than a few ways pointers are useful. Just two are:
Dynamically allocating memory for objects of varying size and lifetime.
Linking related objects so that a procedure given one can access the other.
You really need a good book on programming (and probably more than one)
to see some of the uses, and problems, of pointers.
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2002-10-06 23:41 Question about pointer Dominic D'Apice
2002-10-07 0:41 ` tmoran [this message]
2002-10-08 14:41 ` John English
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