Programmer Humor

19589 readers

478 users here now

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

208

C meme (gregtech.eu)

submitted 3 months ago by gregor@gregtech.eu to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

18 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A screenshot from youtube, Virbox

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

People who are enthusiastic about using pointers in C++ are doing it wrong. Never use a pointer when you can get away with a reference.

[–] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 23 points 3 months ago

For C++, yes. But "reference" is just a way of using the pointer when it comes to C

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Sure, but that's technically allocation-agnostic either way.