Pic very basic C18 question

On Mar 15, 9:51=A0pm, linnix <m...@linnix.info-for.us> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 10:01=A0pm, D Yuniskis <not.going.to...@seen.com> wrote:
>
> > Royston Vasey wrote:
> > > I'm pushing along trying to learn some C using MCC18. Can someone ple=
ase
> > > tell me what the "&" before the variable "variable" does or means in =
the
> > > code below? I'm finding it hard to find basic info like this in the
> > > documentation I've found.
>
> > > Is it AND? AND with what?
>
> > > =A0 =A0 ee_read_byte(0x00, &cal_var); //initialise calibration variab=
le from
> > > eeprom
>
> > > why the "&" -----------^
>
> > read as: "address of" ...
>
> I always wonder why they did not use @. =A0It would have been much
> clearer. =A0After all, it was designed by a committee of two only.

May be thats why "committee of two" have also provided macros.

If you wanted to use @ for &, what do you want to use for @ ?