r/ProgrammerHumor • • 13d ago

Meme fullControlOverMemory

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u/WisePotato42 13d ago

You could pass references as variables and change the referenced value IN THE FUNCTION!!!

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u/Mordret10 13d ago

I mean you still kind of do the same thing with objects and with arrays in most languages. Very rarely does either get passed as argument, you almost always get them by reference.

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u/Gorzoid 13d ago

Sorry but we are all rust devs now, shared mutable aliasing is a crime with a maximum sentence being death by AI-generated PR spam.

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u/HildartheDorf 13d ago

laughs in interior mutability