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While I agree that a simple figure does a good job at explaining what a pointer is, it takes quite a bit longer to develop an intuitive sense of how to effectiv
by user68858788 8y ago
While I agree that a simple figure does a good job at explaining what a pointer is, it takes quite a bit longer to develop an intuitive sense of how to effectively work with pointers. In that case it's the more examples, the better.
- Apocryphon 8y agoThe syntax gets funky, as well, especially in modern eyes.
- macintux 8y agoTo add another reason they’re difficult: many non-trivial uses of pointers are in particularly hairy situations, such as navigating complex data structures.
- analognoise 8y agoCombine that with magic number offsets, the guy who wrote it retired or moved on, and the only documentation is a comment above it that says, "DONT TOUCH".