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> That's pretty much it for pointers. Though they tend to make
programs hairy, and learning how to properly deal with pointers is
what separates real C programmers from the novices, the basic
mechanics of them are not complex. With pointers you can do
efficient passing of large structures, pass-by-reference,
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