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Subject: Re: [TUHS] A New History of Modern Computing - my thoughts
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 12:52:06AM -0700, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> 
> > 	void myproc();
> > 	void (*functptr) = myproc;
> > 	...
> > 	funcptr()
> 
> Make that
> 
> 	void (*funcptr)() = myproc.
> 
> Sorry.

Function pointers are the one part of C that I have to relearn every time.
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