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Technical (Development, Security, etc.) => General Programming => Topic started by: Joe on February 07, 2006, 04:02:19 PM

Title: Pointers!
Post by: Joe on February 07, 2006, 04:02:19 PM
There's a bunch of stuff still rather wrong with this, but eh. If you've seen it before, you've seen the old version, which was even more wrong.

Clicky (http://www.javaop.com/uploads/guest/pointer_ed.html)
Title: Re: Pointers!
Post by: Sidoh on February 07, 2006, 07:48:00 PM
Why do you have an appendix in a one-page article?  Seems pointless. ;)

I'd recommend giving syntax examples, drawing diagrams and mentioning address-of characters.  I didn't take the time to read it, so sorry for any false accusations.
Title: Re: Pointers!
Post by: MyndFyre on February 07, 2006, 10:14:15 PM
Joe, everything that was wrong before is still wrong.  Why are you trying to teach our readers bad stuff?
Title: Re: Pointers!
Post by: Joe on February 08, 2006, 12:26:52 AM
It's not quite as bad as it was. =p
Title: Re: Pointers!
Post by: Chavo on February 08, 2006, 09:56:41 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on February 07, 2006, 07:48:00 PM
Why do you have an appendix in a one-page article?  Seems pointless. ;)

pointerless even

/bad pun (cut me some slack, I'm still asleep)

Pointers are a very in depth subject Joe, I really doubt you can make someone that has never heard of them grasp the concept in one page.  That being the case, I strongly believe that the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else.  There are a lot of technical articles about pointers around, perhaps you should read a couple of them before writing a condensed/ less technical version.
Title: Re: Pointers!
Post by: Blaze on February 08, 2006, 11:29:39 AM
I found this page a long time ago, http://www.augustcouncil.com/~tgibson/tutorial/ptr.html   I like it.