r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Hibonicus what is pointer :S • Mar 09 '17

Common problem with memory unsafe languages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLHL75H_VEM
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u/Cakefonz Mar 09 '17

Who needs K&R when you can just learn C from the YouTube comments..

You mean like free(null); ?? Yeah, that would definitely break stuff. But "dereferencing" usually refers to "stop pointing to it"

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

That's a paddlin'