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Re:Understand Go pointers by paulddraper on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @12:37PM (#14204576)
Huh? You need a mental model of your language and runtime.

If your language treats things in terms of numbered cells and nicknames, then you need a mental model of that.

If your language treats things in terms of reverentially transparent values, then you need a mental model of that.

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Re:Understand Go pointers by TeMPOraL on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @12:47PM (#14204681)
That's programming eqivalent of giving someone an axe and telling them to go chop some trees.

For non-early-apprentice-level programming, one could also use the mental model of what's below the language runtime.

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Re:Understand Go pointers by paulddraper on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @02:53PM (#14205872)
Well, it's really all quantum wavefunctions.
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