2009/10/10 "Vinzent Höfler" <jellyfish.softw...@gmx.net>: > Henry Vermaak <henry.verm...@gmail.com>: > >> One thing I think you don't understand is that an array _is_ a >> pointer. Look at this table to visualise: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_syntax#Accessing_elements > > One thing I think you don't understand is that arrays and pointers are > orthogonal concepts in almost every > other programming language than C.
Yes, I am aware of this (at least with the languages I've worked with). > > So technically, C is the one who got it wrong. Huh? Are you saying something is wrong because the majority does it differently? > > Same for "Array subscript numbering begins at 0." - which simply isn't true > for Pascal. Except when you define an array[0..9], for instance, or for dynamic arrays. I can think of only strings that always start with [1], but I'm often mistaken :) Henry _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
