Re:Understand Go pointers
by pavlov on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @10:57AM
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Sure. I'm not questioning the need for pointers to be explained.
I'm just surprised that an explanation geared for programmers would need to also explain that variables are stored in local memory, or what RAM is. (Again, there is nothing wrong with explaining that.)
Re:Understand Go pointers
by mikeash on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @11:19AM
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You can get pretty far without knowing that. A big chunk of Go's audience seems to be Python programmers who want something that isn't quite so slow, and you can probably do a whole career in Python without ever knowing what a pointer is.
I'm just surprised that an explanation geared for programmers would need to also explain that variables are stored in local memory, or what RAM is. (Again, there is nothing wrong with explaining that.)