Difference Between *(Pointer + Index) and Pointer[]

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Functionally, they are identical.

Semantically, the pointer dereference says “Here’s a thing, but I really care about the thing X spaces over”, while the array access says “Here’s a bunch of things, I care about the Xth one.”

In most cases, I would prefer the array form.

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