Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site muddcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!muddcs!russell From: russell@muddcs.UUCP (Russell Shilling) Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: Why compare pointers in Pascal? Message-ID: <309@muddcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 20:49:30 EST Article-I.D.: muddcs.309 Posted: Fri Feb 8 20:49:30 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 06:05:15 EST References: <3161@ucla-cs.ARPA> <335@snow.UUCP> <1920@wateng.UUCP> <6891@watdaisy.UUCP> <6893@watdaisy.UUCP> <20822@lanl.ARPA> Reply-To: russell@muddcs.UUCP (Russell Shilling) Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA Lines: 16 Summary: I may be full of blue mud, but I think the original question which prompted the mass of 'pointer' articles was actually about comparing the *values pointed to* rather than the *pointer value*. For example, the question contained: if p < q ... I think the solution might be to recode as: if p^ < q^ ... This compares the items pointed to, rather than the address. Anyway, I think that's what was meant. -- Russell Shilling UUCP: { allegra, ihnp4, seismo }!scgvaxd!muddcs!russell ARPA: muddcs!russell@ucla-cs Always eat from the four basic food groups: Beer, Ice Cream, Chips and Salsa