I was lucky to learn C with pointers first, and then arrays. When you think about it as just chunks of memory, it all makes sense and is easier to reason about

I was lucky to learn C with pointers first, and then arrays. When you think about it as just chunks of memory, it all makes sense and is easier to reason about what the cpu will do. This is another example of a "simplifying abstraction" that is more misleading than simplifying.