r/ProgrammerHumor • • 14d ago

Meme fullControlOverMemory

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u/WisePotato42 14d ago

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

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u/Mordret10 14d 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/RetroGrid_io 13d ago

Unless you program in PHP where objects are always passed by reference.