i dont understand pointers. They obfuscate the original purpose, which is referencing a memory address, but its super clunky to the point of almost absurdity. Your just asking for datatype buggy issues.
Why dont you just reference the original data? or just copy the data from that memory location into another location without putting said memory location at risk of corruption?
Like i get that it was probably super important in ye olden days when clock cycles and memory was literally unavailable but i dont really see the point today.
>dude just deep copy 5MB a million times bro >it's 2022 bro just buy a better computer
Parker Hall
It would be slow as fuck to copy large data structures constantly all the time. Even with modern computers.
Joshua Miller
>Why dont you just reference the original data that's what you're doing >or just copy the data from that memory location into another location go back to web dev
Wyatt Sanders
>pointers le BAD >references OK user dumb silly goose you
a pointer is nothing but a stored reference. Are you asking why you need to store references?
Carter Edwards
basically yeah im asking why we need to store references.
But secondarily how many pointers pointing at pointers would it take in order for copying the original source data be a more viable option? It couldnt be more than 3.
Zachary Green
>It couldnt be more than 3. this outed your bait
Elijah Brooks
>They obfuscate the original purpose, which is referencing a memory address
understanding structures, pointers to structures, and arrays of pointers to structures exponentially improved my programming ability
Blake Price
I love pointers, they literally make my job easier. Why would I copy shit around when all you need is a pointer, just pass the pointer to whatever needs to access the data and your good. I like it even more when I have a pointer that references a pointer that references a pointer that references a struct that contains pointers. The more pointers I need to deal with the more I get paid and the more retards seethe because they cant wrap their head around simple concepts. Its all just memory, how hard can it be?
>Like i get that it was probably super important in ye olden days when clock cycles and memory was literally unavailable but i dont really see the point today. lol your computer can't do shit without pointer zoomer how do you propose to store a array of arrays (this one with a length that can change dynamically over time), without pointers? >They obfuscate the original purpose, which is referencing a memory address there is no obfuscation, it's just a memory address it's the syntax that is weird, because * doesn't mean the same thing wether it is on the left hand side or right hand size of =
>t. pythonincompoop just let the adults implement all that shit
Angel Russell
>arrays of pointers to structures
i never thought of it like that. Im only a year into embedded programming but really havent done much outside of some small bullshit. That made alot more sense.
No baiting, but definitely dont know what im talking about, apparently.
Jayden Collins
Do a thought exercise and try to make a program without pointers. You won't get very far. You mentioned references. References are just wrapped pointers.
Camden Diaz
If RAM is an array a pointer is just the index number of it like RAM[69420]='\0' and 69420 is the pointer. Oh, you're an illuterate Amerimutt so the mere existence of the word "address" fucks your brain up? Also datatype buggy issues? Have you heard about what a union is? All the members in a union share the same memory chunk for advanced datatype transition and saving memory. You didn't even try learning C if you don't know what a union is. >deepcopy million times 40k malloc() and free()s take 6 seconds even on high end machines. Using pointers to solve this reduces it to 0.6 seconds. >ye olden days go back to webdev and reap the benefits of the V8 engine which makes heavy use of pointers >lain pic kek, enjoy watching lain on a javascript ridden anime website.
Austin Jackson
>he uses embedded poothon kek >couldnt be more than 3 what made you think like that you absolute niggermonkey retard?
Jack Gomez
First off, i torrent my chinese cartoons.
Secondly what i meant by "couldnt be more than three" was three datasets full of pointers vs copying what you wanted in the first place. Ill have to run some tests to see how many layers it would take for it to reach that tipping point.
yeah circuit python, gotta start somewhere i suppose. Im working on PIC microcontrollers now and MikroC
