title: Why is the asterisk before the variable name, rather than after the type?
body: <p>Why do most C programmers name variables like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int *myVariable;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>rather than like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int* myVariable;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Both are valid. It seems to me that the asterisk is a part of the type, not a part of the variable name. Can anyone explain this logic?</p>