#: 3413 S10/Tandy CoCo
    11-May-90  01:06:50
Sb: #3233-#C arrays
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203

Well, seems I really created a montster with my innocent question about passing
arrays. I just finished reading most of the thread and Bruce Mackenzie's and
Mark Griffith's files. Not being a "C guru" I readily admit that much of the
discussion is above me. But since I started this most interesting thread, let
me add a few comments...

1. After asking the question I decided that using a structure would serve my
purpose much better.

2. Thanks to all who participated. I've not seen such a lively debate, nor so
much real meaty information on this forum for a long time.

3. Jeff's detailed discussion of semantics is something I have printed out and
putting in a folder. If one decided to use pointers and arrays interchangeably
it is very important. But, I'm not sure how clever one would be to do tricks
like that. Not only do you confuse yourself at the time, but what happens a
year from now when you try to remember what you did? Let's face it, the reason
for using a multi-dimed array is to make things clearer for the programmer in
the first place. From an economy of code & execution time it is always faster
to maintain your own data structures.

4. I certainly have a lot more respect for complier writers. Lots of details to
keep track of.
 (cont)

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