FWIW, I would not call the “op” (>) a pointer. But they are useful as when you want an argument to a function to be a function…as they allow a syntax for a “inline function”. See http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/inquire-prompt-user-for-input-using-arrays-choices-qkeys/167956/1 where they allow more concise code with complex arrays too – but (>) is still a function not a pointer.