Lite-c actually causes people to confuse the two in the long run because it has automatic pointer detection stuff, like you do not have to use & operator the get the address while passing a parameter, lite-c does that for you etc. Better use #define PRAGMA_POINTER after some point(once you are familiar with pointers) to have cleaner code(by cleaner i mean more explicit) and actually have better understanding of what you are doing.
from manual:
#define PRAGMA_POINTER
Switches off the lite-C pointer autodetection, and treats pointers as in C/C++. The address operator (&) must be used for passing addresses to functions, and the -> operator must be used for elements of a struct pointer. Otherwise a syntax error will be issued.
