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FTA: “power.* is how we dereference a pointer“ This Is basically the gist of the article. I’m surprised to see that so many programmers these days don’t know
by FlyingSnake 2y ago
FTA: “power.* is how we dereference a pointer“
This Is basically the gist of the article.
I’m surprised to see that so many programmers these days don’t know C and basic pointers.
- dazed_confused 2y agoAre you honestly surprised?
- epolanski 2y agoWhy would you? Large parts of the industry does really work with low(er) level languages. Even people who went through C/C++ in their formal education/start of their career may have not used it for a long time.
- FlyingSnake 2y agoLearning C is a time honored tradition. I’m surprised that I’ve to defend C language on a forum like HN.
- xigoi 2y agoEveryone who knows pointers had to learn them at some point.
- d0mine 2y agoC is not even in the top dozen most popular languages https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-data-playground/ https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-data-playground/
- FlyingSnake 2y agoTreating everything a popularity contest is definitely not the best way, right?