Quote:Original post by AsOne
I've seen int * pointer before, but then it sort of looks like you're multiplying something. Makes me wonder why the * symbol was chosen and not something else for pointers.
the number of repetions of many characters in c ( and c++ ) is weird - particulary '(' and ')'
function arguments, function calling, c-style casts, sizeof( ), some other stuff i can't remember...
and '&'
references - address operator - bitwise anding - logical anding
looking at my keyboard - almost any printable character has been abused like so.
what alternative was there?
maybe '¬' (unless that is being used...)
