That ends up being misleading though as it ignores optimizing compilers. A pointer isn't simply an integer address of memory. It's tagged (by the compiler) with

That ends up being misleading though as it ignores optimizing compilers. A pointer isn't simply an integer address of memory. It's tagged (by the compiler) with information about e.g. which allocation unit it came from and what extent it has (i.e. how far you can move the pointer forwards or backwards). The long and short of it is that doing `p+1` can be UB. Also two pointers can point to the same actual memory address but not be equal. Pointers are, in practice, a complex abstraction. It can be hard to understand all the subtleties, especially if you're used to the simplicity of memory addresses in assembly.