Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

[jkenton@world.std.com (Jeff Kenton)]

korpela@islay.ssl.berkeley.edu (Eric J. Korpela) writes:

>>> 
>>> >  int *laser;
>>> 
>>> Er, this one I really just don't get at all.  Anyone want to explain it?
>>
>IMHO, C declatations are better read in reverse.  I read the first as
>"laser pointer to int" and the second as "i pointer to laser." 

>Reading in the correct order helps when you get to 

>int * const *i;

As someone once said:  "Analyzing humor is like disecting a frog.  It's
always a mess, and the frog dies."


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