With arrays why is it the case that a 5 5 a

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This property of arrays in C is mentioned in the K & R programming language, as Joel notes in Stack Overflow podcast number 34: a[5] == 5[a]

Joel claims that pointer arithmetic is the cause, but I'm still confused. Why is a[5] equal to 5[a]?
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