From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:14:18 GMT, David Higton wrote:   
      
   > Pointers in C are incremented by the size of whatever they point to.   
   >   
   > Yes, I've found it very frustrating in the past, too.   
      
   It was an attempt to unify address arithmetic, involving both arrays and   
   pointers, under a common paradigm. I am surprised that people still   
   continue to be surprised by it. Wasn’t it covered in whatever introduction   
   to C the kids are reading these days?   
      
   “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”   
      
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