lmao... well isn't that just swell.
Hey, thanks for bringin me up to speed Dave.. I'm going to see
what book I can find on the matter..
>I don't know of any good books in that regards, because I cut my teeth
>on pointers using an obscure language for the Atari 800 called
>Action. It was so close to the metal that it makes C look like Visual
>Basic.
That's pretty wicked btw...
Anyways...enough of my blabbering... thanks again. *thumbsup*
Nole
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 07:25:42PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >It's also completely illegal. What good is converting an integer into a
> >pointer going to do you?
> Well, although completely illegal it works. Why would CodeWarrior allow
> me to perform such a haneous action if it was that bad.
> I'm asking not to be argumentative as I really do appreciate you
> responding, I'm just curious as a new programmer why something this
> simple could slip through?
A. It's C. C is perfectly happy letting you shoot yourself in the foot.
B. You're using casts. Even if C was less forgiving about foot-shooting,
casts let you remove even that vestige of protection.
> I've been meaning to get a better understanding of pointers, I'm kinda
> running & gunning it, learning as I go... which I know would make some
> programmers cringe, especially on such a particular device in terms of
> memory. If you have a book in mind, that explains pointers extremely
> well, I'd love to hear it.
If you're going to program in C, you have to know pointers. Unfortunately,
I don't know of any good books in that regards, because I cut my teeth
on pointers using an obscure language for the Atari 800 called
Action. It was so close to the metal that it makes C look like Visual
Basic. However, it did teach me what a pointer was, so when I started
learning C I already understood them.
I think if you ask on any C forum, they'll have lots of suggestions. It's
probably even in a FAQ somewhere.
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