Yes, with even a basic understanding of assembly all the pain of pointers disappears. I taught myself assembly from the output of Borland C because I needed mo

Yes, with even a basic understanding of assembly all the pain of pointers disappears. I taught myself assembly from the output of Borland C because I needed more speed (for a platform game). I was hand-optimizing compiler output and turned out to be an amazing way to learn. > C is a systems language whose intended audience is people familiar with assembly but in need of something a bit easier to manage. A larger part of that is portability, which is a lot easier to manage.