The C array-pointer myth

Arrays_arnt_pointers.c

// Contary to the popular myth, an array's name isn't always the same as a pointer to it's first element!

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    // You can reassign a pointer...
    int *ptr;
    ptr = (int *) 0xDEADBEEF;
    
    // But as an array ISN't a pointer...
    int array[1];
    array = (int *) 0xDEADBEEF;
    // so you can't run this! - An array is an unmodifiable lvalue (a value that can be on the left of an assignment oparation). In other word's it can be addressed but can't be modified
    // ...but you CAN run this! 
    ptr = array;
    /// When used in an lvalue expression as above, it's implicitly converted to a pointer to the first element, which is what you where probaly thinking of!
    return 0;
}

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// https://ezn.cppreference.com/w/c/language/array.html

So arrays are const pointers? I assume that array = ptr; doesn't work either.

They are their own type but yes, the array name acts as a constant pointer in essence and can't be assigned a different address