svissag@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve L Vissage II) (10/04/90)
I'm just learning C. The introductory book I used was Herbert Schildt's "C: The Complete Reference", which covers the ANSI standard, and Unix C. I think the only thing the book doesn't explain well is far pointers. Would one of you be kind enough to enlighten me through e-mail? I'd like a brief technical definition, and a more indepth explanation of how they're different from regular pointers, specifically how usage differs. Second, I've been thinking about a project that would require something like self-modifying code. I want to write a C program which can take input from the keyboard, a word, say, and declare a structure by that name. In other words, I have the name of a structure in a variable, is it possible to declare that structure using the variable? Thanks for your help, and I'll be getting back to you. Steve L Vissage II
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (10/06/90)
In article <10763@hubcap.clemson.edu> svissag@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve L Vissage II) writes: >Second, I've been thinking about a project that would require something like >self-modifying code. I want to write a C program which can take input from >the keyboard, a word, say, and declare a structure by that name. In other >words, I have the name of a structure in a variable, is it possible to declare >that structure using the variable? No. -- Imagine life with OS/360 the standard | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology operating system. Now think about X. | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry