"Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wote: > Honestly, why do people react to the word "pointer" as though computers have > to wear underwear to conceal something shameful going on in their nether > regions?
I think it is because a pointer is a variable containing as a value the address of something. So its a low level concept - useful to low-lifes like C and assembler programmers, and as such, capable of causing extreme mayhem in your nicely structured, high level life. So it boils down to fear - also known as: "once bitten, twice shy" :-) - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
