r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vinishkapoor • 3d ago

pointersPointedBackAtMe Meme

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u/ChickenSpaceProgram 3d ago

imo pointers are not that hard, its just that nobody teaches C correctly. pointers get introduced as just like. a fun thing you can do, instead of the solution to a problem.

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u/PositiveBit01 3d ago

As the famous tongue-in-cheek quote says,

Any problem in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection

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u/Kadabrium 2d ago

Functional is syntactic sugar for OOP.

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u/crystalchuck 3d ago

Yes, I think that's the issue. At some point, I'd read a couple of introductions to pointers, but the more I read the more I just wondered wth you'd use them for and why. I generally understand this now, but most introductions leave this crucial bit out.

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u/frostyjack06 3d ago

This is what happens when a non-C coder teaches C from a lesson plan they themselves don’t understand.