What is the main difference between 'function pointer' and 'pointer to a function' in C language?
Explain with an example.
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8don't give me orders !! what make you think there's a difference ? – Guiroux Mar 13 '15 at 09:05
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2There is no difference. Check [How do function pointers in C work?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/840501/how-do-function-pointers-in-c-work) – Anto Jurković Mar 13 '15 at 09:06
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1Time to play with [C gibberish ↔ English](http://cdecl.org/) – mouviciel Mar 13 '15 at 09:08
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2Sounds like homework to me – cbr Mar 13 '15 at 09:09
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A variable of type int often referred as int variable. A pointer to int is referred as int pointer. In similar way pointer to a function is referred as function pointer.
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