Re:To Save C, We Must Save ABI
by kbelder on Thursday August 13, 2026 @07:52PM
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>It seems obvious to me that these restrictions make references easier to reason about than C-style pointers, and therefore easier to learn.
I came to C from Assembly, so maybe I'm in a different camp, but references seem to me to be more difficult to reason about than pointers. Pointers just are, like math; references seem like a bunch of semi-arbitrary conventions.
Like the difference between writing SQL and using an ORM, which is supposed to be simpler but ends up being messier.
I came to C from Assembly, so maybe I'm in a different camp, but references seem to me to be more difficult to reason about than pointers. Pointers just are, like math; references seem like a bunch of semi-arbitrary conventions.
Like the difference between writing SQL and using an ORM, which is supposed to be simpler but ends up being messier.