On 05 May 2010, at 11:28, spir ☣ wrote:
> So, I have 3 questions:
> -1- Why isn't an unallocated pointer nil?
Pascal, like C and many other languages, does not automatically initialise
*all* variables in a program. It's a basic design decision of the language.
> -2- Why is it at all possible t
Hello,
First, I found a very good introduction material to pointers at
http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/. The author, "Nick Parlante" (nickname?) really
has a great pedagogical talent.
Below some code and output tracing a typical pointer's life cycle:
=== code ===
procedure PointerLifeCyc
