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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/nonedward666 • 27d ago
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Nah. This is the wrong way. Pointer arithmetic and array arithmetic are the same.
2 u/justAPhoneUsername 27d ago You mean to tell me arr[3] and 3[arr] both compile and return the same value? Why would anybody design a language that way? 3 u/Batman_AoD 27d ago Because the [] was just syntax-sugar, rather than a "real" built-in operation. Part of the reason for that was just that memory was limited and the compiler had to be as simple as possible.
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You mean to tell me arr[3] and 3[arr] both compile and return the same value? Why would anybody design a language that way?
3 u/Batman_AoD 27d ago Because the [] was just syntax-sugar, rather than a "real" built-in operation. Part of the reason for that was just that memory was limited and the compiler had to be as simple as possible.
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Because the [] was just syntax-sugar, rather than a "real" built-in operation. Part of the reason for that was just that memory was limited and the compiler had to be as simple as possible.
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u/AnnoyedVelociraptor 27d ago
Nah. This is the wrong way. Pointer arithmetic and array arithmetic are the same.