Why is the asterisk before the variable name, rather than after the type?

Question

Why do most C programmers name variables like this:

int *myVariable;

rather than like this:

int* myVariable;

Answer 1

For declaring multiple pointers in one line, I prefer int* a, * b; which more intuitively declares "a" as a pointer to an integer, and doesn't mix styles when likewise declaring "b." Like someone said, I wouldn't declare two different types in the same statement anyway.