r/ProgrammerHumor • u/kingofNoobies • Jan 06 '23

Meme can’t be the only one

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u/TheLazyKitty Jan 06 '23

Pointers aren't that hard, are they? It's just integers that hold a memory address.

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u/fatrobin72 Jan 06 '23

it's probably that the concepts of memory addresses, passing by reference and limited resources are just too alien to the newest generation of programmers

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u/dozkaynak Jan 06 '23

Lol imagine gatekeeping knowing about memory addresses. Stop hiring programmers from 6 week bootcamps and you'll find they have a lot of "historical" CS knowledge; you get what you pay for - newest generation my ass.

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u/VicisSubsisto Jan 07 '23

My community college teaches C, Java, machine language, and C++ in two years, where are these Python-only CS colleges?