Simple Question: Pointers as Arguments

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P.S. I think the creation of C# was, in fact, influenced by Java.

Many would rather have it that C# is a rip-off of Java.

Back in 1995 when Java was introduced by Sun everybody was behind Java including Microsoft and Apple. Steven Jobs bragged that Apple would have the best Java on the planet while Microsoft actually had it.

Then the relationship between Sun and Microsoft turned sour. The reason was that Microsoft wanted to tweak Java so that programs compiled with the Microsoft compiler would run on Windows only. This developed into an ugly legal war that ended with Microsoft dropping Java and later paying damages to Sun.

Instead Microsoft came up with C# that initially was more or less a Java clone. But over the years lots of new features were introduced in C# unlike Java which pretty much stayed the same. So today they differ quite a lot apart from the fact that both are based on the same general principles.