4.7. 4.7 Pointer Data Types
Some people refer to pointers as scalar data types; others refer to them as composite data types. This text will treat them as scalar data types even though they exhibit some tendencies of both scalar and composite data types.
Of course, the place to start is with the question "What is a pointer?" Now you've probably experienced pointers firsthand in the Pascal, C, or Ada programming languages, and you're probably getting worried right now. Almost everyone has a real bad experience when they first encounter pointers in a high level language. Well, fear not! Pointers are actually easier to deal with in assembly language. Besides, most of the problems you had with pointers probably had nothing to do with pointers, but ...
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