Compare with the Object Pascal syntax: variable = ^Integer ( declaration ) ... variable2 := variable^ ( dereference ) To me, the vagarity of C variable/poin

Compare with the Object Pascal syntax: variable = ^Integer ( declaration ) ... variable2 := variable^ ( dereference ) To me, the vagarity of C variable/pointer syntax has always looked insane in comparison, though I will give it the benefit of being sometimes more powerful. (HN can't do Pascal comments correctly.)