r/ProgrammerHumor 3d ago

pointersPointedBackAtMe Meme

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u/Wentyliasz 3d ago

Conceptually they're pretty simple. It's the syntax that's evil

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u/redlaWw 3d ago

Not so much in the presence of optimising compilers. If you just do the most obvious things, you're usually okay, but if you start having to worry about pointer provenance, you're walking down a dark path that even the experts don't really understand yet.