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Re:Why I Chose to Learn C by EliRivers on Friday March 29, 2013 @05:16PM (#5463082)
I never really got why people found pointers to be complicated

I find that its often badly taught using truly awful analogies that don't help and are often actively unhelpful as soon as you step outside the very narrow boundaries of the analogy. A simple and easy thing, badly taught, becomes difficult.

Re:Why I Chose to Learn C by RegEx on Friday March 29, 2013 @05:47PM (#5463205)
The top replies to this thread illustrate your point perfectly, imo

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4389691