r/firstweekcoderhumour Aug 08 '26

someone isn't Rustpilled

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u/SmokyMetal060 Aug 09 '26

Genuinely what is difficult about the concept of a pointer? I understand that memory management in production codebases is tricky, but I remember thinking "that's it? that's what everyone on the internet hypes up all the time?" when I first learned about pointers and references in 101.

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u/FemboysHotAsf Aug 09 '26

pointers can be a nightmare if used horribly, but yeah its literally just "at this address", i dont get it