See, a is defined in main() therefore its scope is limited to main(). It is stored probably in main()'s stack When you pass it to a function as a pointer. You don't make a copy of 'a' onto the function's stack. The only way you can view, manipulate it is using a pointer, and that pointer is your only reference to the value that is stored somewhere else. That's why.
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