On 8/23/2012 22:17, alex23 wrote: > But Roy's point was that referring to 'a' as a 'variable' makes no > sense, as it's not an allocated piece of memory.
Does the computer just remember what 'a' refers to by keeping notes about it in Narnia? Put it this way. If C removed the & operator -- and thus you couldn't tell what address a variable (or "variable instance", if you prefer) was at -- would "int x;" cease to be a variable? Evan
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