Forgive my fast fingers, there are a lotz of typo in my earlier message. Anyway, hope i conveyed the idea.
--- In [email protected], Shyam Sundar Navaneethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would say pointers are always slower than normal variables since > there is a level of indirection involved. particularly, when you use > register storage class, variables are a LOT faster than normal > variables(read other than register storage). > Also, one would use pointers in case of dynamic memory > using(typically) and never for speed. > Fastest access variables can be process dependent implementation( > using asm code in C, really dirty work, but fastest that you can get > out of the chip). > > > > On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:15:57 -0800 (PST), sheikh ishtiyaq > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think its better to read some basic book in C. which > > can give you a good explanation of pointers. You can > > refer Gotfred(shaum series). > > > > > > --- Carlos Pimentel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It's quite simple when you understand what a pointer > > > is, and it's a kind > > > of variable that stores a memory address. If you > > > want to create a > > > pointer you have to write something like this: > > > > > > type *name > > > > > > This is the way of defining a pointer that stores a > > > memory address of a > > > data, and so on C knows that this data is of the > > > type "type". I hope you > > > can understand me because my English is rather > > > bad... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cesarc597431 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, I'm new in this pointers business, so I would > > > like to know how > > > > the pointers works, I mean, how are they stored in > > > memory? pointers > > > > got some kind of address, how are they allocated > > > in memory? I hope > > > > someone can answer my question because I've read > > > everything in the > > > > world but pointer books and docs are not very > > > illustrative at all. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----------------------------------------~-~> > > CHECK THE ARCHIVE BEFORE POSTING!!!! Archive is available at > > http://www.eScribe.com/software/C-Paradise/ > > > > >------------------------------------------_-> > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > ________________________________ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/C-Paradise/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > -- > Thanks & Regards, > Shyam Sundar Navaneethan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/EbFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> >-----------------------------------------~-~> CHECK THE ARCHIVE BEFORE POSTING!!!! Archive is available at http://www.eScribe.com/software/C-Paradise/ >------------------------------------------_-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/C-Paradise/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
