Chapter 10: Pointers

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks 2026 Book chapter

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Authors: Victor L. Eijkhout
DOI: 10.1137/1.9781611978612.ch10
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Abstract

Pointers are an indirect way of associating an entity with a variable name. Consider, for instance, the circular-sounding definition of a list:A list consists of nodes, where a node contains some information in its “head,” and the node has a “tail” that is a list.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Logic programming and type systems Teaching and Learning Programming Algorithms and Data Compression

Publication details

Journal / source
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks
Pages
93–102
Publication date
19 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter