>mfw before having to use pointers in C and after I-I don't

>>60473747
it gets easier anon


...no it doesn't

get out now
leave this place

>>60473747
> he doesn't like pointers
Pointers make your life easier anon

>>60473810
...if you're a brainlet

Why are pointers considered so difficult? They're dead simple once you understand the underlying mechanism

>>60473747
It's just a tool access specific memory locations. What's so hard to understand?

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>cant into smart pointers
>cant into RAII
>allocate from stack instead of heap
>cant into MMM

fuck my life /g/
ill forever be a brainlet

>>60473893
you should always allocate on the stack unless you have a good reason for using the heap

>>60473747
Pointers are the ultimate scrub filter. Can't figure out pointers? Get out. Can't use pointers in a real project? Get out. Can't use pointers in a 20,000+ line project? Really get out.

>>60473747

pointer = memory address

that's it

if pointers scare you then you've never worked outside of memory protected enviroments

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>>60473747
>mfw garbage collection

using raw pointers is the cancer that killed C++

>>60473747
I was like you OP about two months into learning C. Then my instructor explained it and they are easy. An * always dereferences a memory address to the expected type. A & in front of a variable is referring to the address.

int my_num = 0; //Standard signed integer
int *num_ptr = NULL; //A datatype used to store the LOCATION of an integer
num_ptr = &my_num;//the pointer data type now points to the ADDRESS of the integer

//De-reference the pointer and it's treated like a standard integer
*num_ptr = *num_ptr + 2;
printf("%d\n", *num_ptr);

>>60473747
>Not liking pointers
>Not being a faggot
Pick one