[futurebasic] Re: Function Pointers

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From: <MAWRPh@...>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 00:05:07 EDT
In a message dated 5/27/98 8:16:56 PM, tedd@... wrote:

>>>What's really nice is
>>>when you make pointers for your data as well as for your functions and
>>>place everything in a linked list to be activated by a single reference. I
>>>used that method of programming for a "Street Atlas" type program.
>>
>>This is essentially the same thing as an object-oriented language does to
>>call methods. You're doing it by hand instead of having the compiler do
>>it for you, but it's the same technique.
>>
>>just a random note :-)
>>
>>-Mars
>
>Mars:
>
>Yes, but I understand what I did. :-)
>
>tedd

Maybe you did but myself and I would guess a few others still don't. Can you
give a very simple explanation/example of how a "linked list" works? I still
can't figure it out.

"BASICally challenged"
Mark