Lexical analysis and pointer indirection

[computerex]

I know this might sound weird, but what is the relationship between lexical analysis and pointer double indirection?

I am trying to make a point.

 

[Artlav]

No necessary link i can think of.
It's a tool that can be used for many things.

 

[TJohns]

No direct relationship at all I believe - one's a stage with a compiler/assembler process, the other's a data access technique. The analyzer may use pointers, but that's sort of besides the point, not a direct reliance or anything.

Trevor

 

[computerex]

I had a guest over in the house who was insisting they are related...Anyone who knows anything about lexical analysis/pointers knows that this is absurd. Thanks guys. This was to prove the guest's son (my friend) that I was right

 

[Wishbone]

Are you relying on the Internet as the standard of proof?

 

[computerex]

Are you relying on the Internet as the standard of proof?

The internet is sufficient for the person I am trying to convince The dad of the friend (whom I had the argument) is the "know it all" type. In other words, he doesn't listen to anyone else.

 

[Linguofreak]

I had a guest over in the house who was insisting they are related...Anyone who knows anything about lexical analysis/pointers knows that this is absurd. Thanks guys. This was to prove the guest's son (my friend) that I was right

It may be that he's looking at a more abstract connection: Lexical analysis in computer science is based on the same kind of thing your brain does in turning sequences of sounds or letters into words, and words can be seen as pointers to objects in the physical world, or even to abstract concepts. If you define a pointer to be strictly a number representing an address in a computer's memory where a data structure can be found, then there really isn't much connection between lexical analysis and pointer indirection. It may help you see his point, though, if you see a pointer as the broader concept of something that serves as a symbol for, or reference to, some otherwise unrelated thing.

 

[Hielor]

The internet is sufficient for the person I am trying to convince The dad of the friend (whom I had the argument) is the "know it all" type. In other words, he doesn't listen to anyone else.

Man, I hate that kind of person.