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[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pointers is a pathway to memory that some consider to be… unnatural

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because its essential for application use where memory management becomes extremely vital, usually due to the rom or memory to be extremely linited in size. Worrying about memory management (something C++ makes mandatory) is something not all programmers need to care about, but having automated memory mangement is also what causes bloat that comes with modern applications, due to bad programming practices of not caring about it.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Only Garbage Collectors deal in absolutes

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

I tried to get that reference, but MemoryAccessOutOfBounds.