"array syntax" != "arrays". He means things like a[i]. Arrays are only really arrays in their local scope, if you pass them to functions they suddenly are point

"array syntax" != "arrays". He means things like a[i]. Arrays are only really arrays in their local scope, if you pass them to functions they suddenly are pointers (but for some insane reason, C compilers let you specify "the size of the array in a function argument" which doesn't actually compile to any code).