> I still don't understand this decision.
Variable declaration `T v;` means "declare `v` such that expression `v` has type `T`". Variable declaration `T *p` means declare `p` such that the expression `*p` has type `T`". etc.
Nice explanation!
> asterisk is inexplicably used both to declare a pointer and a COMPLETELY different operation of dereferencing a pointer.
This is the most confusing concept of pointers. I feel this could have been easily avoided with different character like ~ or ^ or other.
Why? In C all the declarations work like that:
float * (*foo(int *)) (int);
I still don't understand this decision. I think it should've been like int^ p = &i; ... or ... int i = *p;
Everything clicked ironically when I went even deeper and studied assembly language. Then following pointers to data vs just reading pointers becomes very clear and explicit.