Array of char pointers.

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If I had to say what "arr" is, I would say it is an array of pointers
to chars. If so why is it intialized with strings instead of
addresses?

char *arr[] =
{
"a", "b", "c","dd", "eee"
};

Also when looking at the values of the pointers (when they appear to
be adjacent) they seem to decrease by at least 8 bytes ( two native
size words?) even when the strings are a single character, which
should be two bytes. So I am guessing they are on a stack if the
addresses decrease but why 8 bytes each? Is it some type of linked
list? I suppose it doesn't really matter but it is a curiosity and I
am interested in how the language works.

Thanks,

gtb
.

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