Or Nim: var str: array[10, ptr byte] (and much richer types) Edit: and while I'm here, Nim has other sensible syntax for this low level stuff... var

Or Nim: var str: array[10, ptr byte] (and much richer types) Edit: and while I'm here, Nim has other sensible syntax for this low level stuff... var b: byte = 10 str[0] = addr b echo $str[0][]