From: "Gil Myers" <gmeyers AT logan DOT net>
Subject: Re: char **argv vs. char *argv[]
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Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA> wrote in article
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> 
> I've seen char **argv and char *argv[] and am curious which is correct.
Or
> are either correct?
> 

They are both the same thing.  The array syntax is interchangable with
pointer
arithmetic.  Or at least should be if the compiler in question follows the
language
at all.

Personally I have only ever used *argv[]

There may be compilers out there that won't accept **argv,  but if they
don't then
I wouldn't use them since they'd probably have other problems.

I don't think either is more correct than the other,  although *argv[] is
most 
certainly used more.

.