As I mentioned in another similar comment I think this is the key point for me why it makes sense: > Having explicit pointers also resolves type system awkward

As I mentioned in another similar comment I think this is the key point for me why it makes sense: > Having explicit pointers also resolves type system awkwardness between simple and complex data types. That is it appears to be worth it to have explicit pointers for data structures (and the manipulation of those data structures) and probably more so with a concurrent language. That is when the programmer sees things that don't have pointers they can make some generally assumptions (the struct or whatever is generally immutable).