2009/10/11 "Vinzent Höfler" <jellyfish.softw...@gmx.net>: > Henry Vermaak <henry.verm...@gmail.com>: > >> 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? > > No. I'm saying it's wrong because this "majority" _proves_ it can be done > differently. So the concept seems flawed at least.
Please don't confuse your opinion with "right" and "wrong". C works quite well for me, but so does pascal. I'm not prepared to call either of them "wrong". Confusion and consistency were what this discussion was about. Henry _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
