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A beginner won't have to worry about that stuff.

• henrikschroder 15y ago
  So why draw the line there? Why is it ok to abstract away modern hardware, but not ok to abstract away memory management or pointers?
  • icebraining 15y ago
    You can write a useful program that only uses one core. You can't write a useful program that doesn't use memory.
    • mmavnn 15y ago
      But you can write a great deal of useful code that never does any manual memory management.
      • icebraining 15y ago
        You asked where you draw the line. My point is that there's a real difference between not using a resource (more than one core) or using it without understanding how it works, because it's hidden behind a paper curtain.
  • einhverfr 15y ago
    Because understanding pointers makes understanding references a lot easier.