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From: lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Address of Array
Summary: &a is like &0
Message-ID: <3137@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 11 Dec 87 23:02:57 GMT
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Organization: Ohio State Computer & Info Science
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In article <1442@houdi.UUCP>, marty1@houdi.UUCP (M.BRILLIANT) writes:
> 
> Huh?  I tried writing a C program on UNIX(tm ATT) that referenced &a,
> and got the message "warning: & before array or function: ignored."
> That says there's no such thing as &a.
> 
> M. B. Brilliant					Marty

This is like taking the address of a constant, say &0435241250,
which of course is silly.
I have been programming in C for 5 1/2 years and I've never needed
to take the address of an array (except via &a[0], or just a).
Why do programmers want to do this?  Whats the point?  Do other
languages let you do this?  What is the advantage?  I can't see any.
Please enlighten me.

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