Why does C use the asterisk for pointers?

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[mumei-0]

“Simply - because B did.”

[tmatsuu]

C言語でポインタ周りの記号に&と*が使われているのはB言語由来。また&の発音「アンパサンド」は「アドレス」と似ているから使われたのだろうとKen Thompsonから回答。わいわい。