How does a reference differ from a const *const?

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From: Thomas Ngo
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 1990 14:07

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    How does a reference differ from a const pointer to a const
    object (besides the obvious need to dereference the latter)?

    I hope this question is in the spirit of this newsgroup.

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