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Re:To make programming easier, first be conscious of what ma... by bruce343434 on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:02PM (#28175155)
Lets not get stuck on defining what niche means. Its meaning has been defined for a while already. Niche = specific domain related. Anyway.

In which ways are references of broader utility? And what is so complex about pointers? The fact that it doesn't hide behind language magic? Well, that you can just ignore: I don't _need_ to see or edit the address it holds.

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Re:To make programming easier, first be conscious of what ma... by ColFrancis on Friday August 13, 2021 @08:14PM (#28176461)
Funnily enough, I really struggled going to Java and python coming from C++ originally. What do you mean I don't know if I'm getting a copy? The semantics of passing something to a function were so confusing and I was never sure if I got a copy or not. Pointers made so much sense.
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