/prog/ - Alright so pointers

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 17:01

I have a question about pointers: when will you ever need a pointer to a pointer? No seriously, when do you ever need the address of a pointer? And this isn't one of those "COME AT ME BRO" threads, I am honestly curious, when?

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 17:12

For exactly the same reasons why you would need a pointer to a non-pointer.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 17:27

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Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 18:04

Write programs in C and you will find out quickly.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 18:44

Arrays are pointers. Matrices are ``arrays of arrays''. Therefore, matrices are pointers to pointers.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 20:17

Double indirection is mundane. Triple indirection, however, is a sure sign of an EXPERT CEE PROGRAMMER.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 20:32

use javascript and you wont have to worry about stupid irrelevant shit like this

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 20:55

>>5
Alternatively M(i, j) -> M[i*n+j] for matrices.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 20:56

When Jewish girls menstruate for the first time, their mothers often slap them across the face, a cultural tradition thought by some to signify the difficulties of life as a woman.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 21:11

>>5
AIN'T RED DA STANDARD

>>9
AIN'T RED DA TORAH

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 21:46

>>7
funny how the ``e/g/in'' guy, FFP and the javashit kike never post at the same time

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-07 21:52

>>9
If that's true, I'm going to slap some young Jewettes.

Alright so pointers

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