@Albin7326@suppo.fi to Programming@programming.dev • 2 years agoWhich programming language is hard to understand?message-square124fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down113
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareWhich programming language is hard to understand?@Albin7326@suppo.fi to Programming@programming.dev • 2 years agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-square@miversen33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•2 years agoA pointer is nothing but an integer that “points to” a memory location. They can feel intimidating because it’s really easy to footgun with them, but they are not as complicated as they appear :)
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years ago The pointer syntax being slightly different than the pointer declaration syntax always confuses me to no end. I conceptually under pointers perfectly but their syntax is wack.
A pointer is nothing but an integer that “points to” a memory location.
They can feel intimidating because it’s really easy to footgun with them, but they are not as complicated as they appear :)