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djxfade
on Jan 20, 2021
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Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing
I don't think a lot of beginner friendly languages exposes pointers to the developer
randomdata
on Jan 20, 2021
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Unless they have arrays, which are conceptually not a whole lot different.
mewpmewp2
on Jan 20, 2021
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Most of the time you don't use them or think or need to think of them as pointers.
randomdata
on Jan 20, 2021
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No, but pointers are thought of as array indices. If you understand arrays, you understand pointers.
mewpmewp2
on Jan 20, 2021
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What do you mean by understanding? E.g I have been using arrays productively in PHP and JavaScript, does it mean I understand them?
randomdata
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If, given a[n], you understand that
n
points to a position in array
a
then you understand pointers.
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