> Why am I using a language with pointers if it doesn't care about being fast? Because, I assume, you want to differentiate between pass-by-value and pass-by-r

> Why am I using a language with pointers if it doesn't care about being fast? Because, I assume, you want to differentiate between pass-by-value and pass-by-reference - and pointers are a familiar, simple (if not simplistic) way of expressing that.