top | item 33329381 Ask HN: Do you use pointers? Why? 2 points| i_see_things | 3 years ago 4 comments order hn newest ogarten|3 years ago When I teach a class, I always use pointers to show things on my slides.Jokes aside, what pointers are you talking about? Code? Presentations? stop50|3 years ago Pointer are useful, since you don't have to copy some stuff around. It reduces the memory footprint, but you hace to watch out for parallel access on the same object. tekknik|3 years ago It would be very helpful to discuss what language you’re using pointers in. Some languages use pointers under the hood, others don’t. pestatije|3 years ago Yes all the time. Because I'm interested in the pointers targets.
ogarten|3 years ago When I teach a class, I always use pointers to show things on my slides.Jokes aside, what pointers are you talking about? Code? Presentations?
stop50|3 years ago Pointer are useful, since you don't have to copy some stuff around. It reduces the memory footprint, but you hace to watch out for parallel access on the same object.
tekknik|3 years ago It would be very helpful to discuss what language you’re using pointers in. Some languages use pointers under the hood, others don’t.
ogarten|3 years ago
Jokes aside, what pointers are you talking about? Code? Presentations?
stop50|3 years ago
tekknik|3 years ago
pestatije|3 years ago