[fpc-pascal] Illogical automatic dereferencing

[Reimar Grabowski]

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:10:03 +0200
Jürgen Hestermann <juergen.hestermann at gmx.de> wrote:

> Pointers are great in Pascal (if the syntax wasn't influenced by C) but 
> a nightmare in C.
No they are not. C/C++ has its problems, no doubt, but I would not like to code C/C++ without them, that would be a nightmare.
As everyone said, pointers are dangerous, so you have to know what you are doing. The great thing about Pascal is that you get a mostly clean language with all the power of C/C++. Some parts are not as clean or strict as some people like, but I'd rather have some 'not-so-clean' implementation than a loss in speed or versatility. If pointers are too much for you go and play with Java or Ada.

R.
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