From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:   
      
   (snip)   
      
   > Java references translate well to managed .NET code, whereas C pointers   
   > only translate to unmanaged code, with all known risks.   
      
   In the usual implementations, C pointers translate to unmanaged   
   code, but C doesn't require that.  There are many restrictions   
   in the C standard to allow for other representations.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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