Pointer to Pointer

In C, a pointer can refer to another pointer.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void) {
  int A = 42;
  int* pA = &A;
  int** ppA = &pA;
  int*** pppA = &ppA;

  printf("%d", ***pppA); /* prints 42 */

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

But, reference-and-reference directly is not allowed.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void) {
  int A = 42;
  int* pA = &A;
  int** ppA = &&A; /* Compilation error here! */
  int*** pppA = &&&A;  /* Compilation error here! */

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