[OT] Re: Is pointer syntax logical?
[OT] Re: Is pointer syntax logical?
- Subject: [OT] Re: Is pointer syntax logical?
- From: Alastair Houghton <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:28:08 +0100
On 26 Jul 2007, at 13:15, Jyrki Wahlstedt wrote:
On 26.7.2007, at 15.02, Steve Bird wrote:
On Jul 26, 2007, at 7:52 AM, Jacob Engstrand wrote:
This one again! I really shouldn't go for this obvious bait, but
in the interest of signal/noise (and so we can kill this thread
right here and now), I will attempt to end this thread by giving C
++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup the last word:
In this instance, Bjarne Stroustrup is wrong. The fact that he is
famous in no way changes that, no matter how enamoured you (or
others) may be of his celebrity.
A ``typical C++ programmer'' writes ``int* p;'' and explains it
``p is a pointer to an int'' emphasizing type. Indeed the type of
p is int*. I clearly prefer that emphasis and see it as important
for using the more advanced parts of C++ well.
And a programmer coming from Pascal tends to write "int* p1, p2;"
preferring the "C++" approach, and fails to understand why he does
not get TWO pointers. After all, "int*" is supposed to be a type,
is it not?
And any programmer can deduce that this has actually nothing to do
with Cocoa!?
Well the original posts (up to mine) did actually make reference to
the Objective-C syntax... but you're right, it's going off topic, and
was probably always destined to.
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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http://alastairs-place.net
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