Arrays and pointers are not the same type. Pointers are used to access array elements, however the variable itself is not a pointer type. It's an array of som

Arrays and pointers are not the same type. Pointers are used to access array elements, however the variable itself is not a pointer type. It's an array of some other type (which can also be an array). In addition to automatic memory allocation that happens with an array, this matters whenever compile-time type-checking happens. So I guess it depends on what you mean by "equivalent."