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> 1. Is there a pointer like (void *) from C that points to anything ?
>
> 2. Is there a universal (like above) pointer for procedure|function that
>   can point to any kind of procedure|funcion ?
  No.  But in both cases you can do an explicit Unchecked_Conversion to
convert a pointer to one thing into a pointer to something else.  You are
then explicitly telling the compiler, and future maintainers of your
program, something like "yes, I know I'm calling a function that expects
two Floats with just a single Character, but I've thought about it and
it's correct in this case."