Why C strings are declared char * ?

Question

Why can I work with it as char * str = "Some string"? Shouldn't it receive a char memory space? Recently declared pointers aren't dangling? Isn't it dangerous to just push things into RAM? Aren't char pointers meant to hold an 8 bit place?

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Answer 1

Strings in C are actually arrays of char type. And as with any array, you can address to the initial item thru the * operator.