Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133943023
Author: Robert W. Sebesta
Publisher: PEARSON
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Alias:

Aliasing means having two different names for one memory location. Mostly all languages support aliasing up to different extents and in different ways.

Aliasing is considered a very dangerous feature and should be used cautiously. It is also known to decrease the reliability of the program. Some languages use aliasing to overcome the shortcomings in the data abstractions of that language...

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