Atomic Data Types
Families of atomic data types:
- core data types
(e.g.
int , float , char , ...)
- pointers
(e.g.
char * , int * , char ** , ...)
- system data types
(e.g.
size_t , ...)
- enumerated types
(e.g. enum Colour {red, blue, green, yellow, white} )
All have essentially the same set of operations ...
- e.g.
= + - == != > < >= <= ++ -- etc.
- however
* / only apply to numeric types
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