Languages like Python, Java, and C# have implicit reference semantics. When you create an object, you get a pointer to that object (usually, or commonly). In l

Languages like Python, Java, and C# have implicit reference semantics. When you create an object, you get a pointer to that object (usually, or commonly). In languages like C, C++, Go, Rust… references are more explicit. If you want a pointer to an object, you have to &, or something similar. It gets a bit fuzzy.