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Spanish translation of the book "Turtle Confusion" by Barry Newell
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"Pointer" #5

Closed chuna closed 12 years ago

chuna commented 12 years ago

On page 18, puzzle 7, it appears the explanation of the word "pointer", as follows

"A pointer is a riddle that has a single number as its solution; the number is the sequence-number of another puzzle in this booklet. In some cases the related puzzle will be a harder puzzle, in some cases it will be an easier puzzle."

I wonder if this concept is specifically related to programming. Consecuently, it represents a challenge to translate.

leorockway commented 12 years ago

Although pointer in programming can mean something in particular (a C pointer, for instance), in this case it just means a clue. From WordReference's entry on "pointer":   (clue, signal) pista f; ~ TO sth indicador m de algo

(tip) idea f, sugerencia f