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I don't think a lot of beginner friendly languages exposes pointers to the developer

• randomdata 6y ago
  Unless they have arrays, which are conceptually not a whole lot different.
  • mewpmewp2 6y ago
    Most of the time you don't use them or think or need to think of them as pointers.
    • randomdata 6y ago
      No, but pointers are thought of as array indices. If you understand arrays, you understand pointers.
      • mewpmewp2 6y ago
        What do you mean by understanding? E.g I have been using arrays productively in PHP and JavaScript, does it mean I understand them?
        • randomdata 6y ago
          If, given a[n], you understand that n points to a position in array a then you understand pointers.
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