K&R (V7) cc happily handles implicit casts of char* ; void* is just char* with a new name and a pair of handcuffs. If you're writing a linked list, though, you'

K&R (V7) cc happily handles implicit casts of char* ; void* is just char* with a new name and a pair of handcuffs. If you're writing a linked list, though, you'd be using a 'struct listnode *next' in any dialect.