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Category Archives: C
What is the main difference between C and Fortran?
The answer here is based on FORTRAN IV, the version of FORTRAN with which I have the most familiarity. The newer FORTRANs may have fixed the following problems. FORTRAN simply means Formula Translation. It is one of the first languages … Continue reading
What is the purpose of a pointer in programming?
The full question ended with: “Why not access the variable directly?” It depends on what you mean by “access the variable directly.” In Algol derived languages (like C, C#, C++, Pascal, Ada), the way to access a variable directly is … Continue reading
Posted in Ada, Algol, C, C#, C++, FORTRAN, Java, Pascal, Software
Tagged pass by pointer, pass by reference, software, software engineering
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