From: chris.dollin@hp.com   
      
   Juergen Kahrs wrote:   
      
   > JVM is also different in that it doesnt know the concept   
   > of a pointer.   
      
   This is a pet hate of mine: the JVM /does/ "know the concept of a   
   pointer". You can hardly move in the JVM without using pointers, since   
   they're the only way of handling arrays or instances of class types.   
      
   What the JVM lacks is a notion of /pointer arithmetic/.   
      
   [It's handy to use `reference` to mean `pointer without   
    arithmetic opportunities`, but then C++ uses it for   
    something else, not unrelated, again ...]   
      
   --   
   Chris "don't start me on the Razor" Dollin   
   Meaning precedes definition.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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