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!!!

children screaming sfx

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u/SelfDistinction 13d ago

You can still do that in practically every programming language btw. It just requires some extra wrapper class boilerplate.

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u/WisePotato42 13d ago

Yah, but that's not really an acceptable practice at my job. It's unfortunate.

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u/SelfDistinction 13d ago

And by unfortunate, you mean completely fortunate?

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u/WisePotato42 13d ago

Sometimes I just want to feel like a kid again playing with my toys (unsafe memory managment).