From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: array of pointers to strings, BC++, DJGPP and weird printing , behavior
Date:	Fri, 15 Nov 1996 23:05:11 -0800
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George Foot wrote:

> You can
> consider any pointer to be an array . . .

Be careful with statements like this; it is not strictly true, and will
actually get you in trouble in some cases.  Arrays and pointers are similar
in that you can apply the subscription operator [] an array or a pointer and
they will behave similarly, provided the pointer is pointing to the first
element of the array.  There are difference between the two other than that,
though.

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