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pointers are very eleganto
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H-how did this meme clear up a confusion I have with ** pointers after all these years?
They're just pointer pointers!
Dang, that is so cool C can do that.
wait until you learn about template templates in C++
Are the templates in the room with us right now?
I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy
If you've never seen this before, I think it's transformative to how you read C/C++ declarations and clearer up a lot of confusion for me when I was learning.
https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~gbournou/CSE131/rt_lt.rule.html
Yeah, and I'm pointing to your pointer pointer and I'm a pointer pointer pointer. Or more accurately but less funny is that I'm pointing to your pointer-to-pointer and I'm a pointer-to-pointer-to-pointer.