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This is C programming language we're talking about, right? The `*' asterisk stands pointers in C: both defining and dereferencing 'em. In a way, the free access
by dexen 16y ago
This is C programming language we're talking about, right? The `*' asterisk stands pointers in C: both defining and dereferencing 'em. In a way, the free access to pointers is (a large portion of) the meaning of C -- and, by extension, C programmers' lifes.
Anyway, a nice joke ;-)
- burgerbrain 16y agoEh, of all the possible contexts that '*' could be interpreted as having significant meaning, I'd definitely say unix name globbing comes before pointers in C. (though I also think interpreting '42' as an ascii sequence is looking for something where there is nothing...)