Why is it thought of 'T *name' to be the C way and 'T* name' to be the C++ way?

Question

Note: This question is about the position of the asterisk (*).

In most C code I see (e.g., in Beej\'s guide to network programming), all variable declar

Answer 1

In K&R they use the type *name notation, so may be that's where many C programmers got it.