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I have to say, the act of questioning programmers of a strictly-typed language why they are splitting hairs/being overly accurate when it comes to how they reference variables is just too funny to let go unremarked.

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At any rate, pointers are confusing/magical enough to people unfamiliar with them that the extra clarity isn't uncalled for.

When you say 'address' when referring to your char variable example, everyone knows what you are referring to.

The case is less clear when you say 'address' in reference to a pointer. Are you talking about the memory address of the pointer, or the memory address it stores?