"Pointer" redirects here. For other uses, see Pointer (disambiguation).

Dec 11, 2007 13:38

I just look up 'pointers' on Wikipedia for a refresher, as I usually code in C#.

This is what it said. Pay particular attention to the text in red.
Pointer (computing)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Pointer)
Jump to: navigation, search
"Pointer" redirects here. For other uses, see Pointer (disambiguation).

~~~~
*laughs and laughs ( Read more... )

Leave a comment

Comments 8

mechagojira December 11 2007, 21:51:53 UTC

hahahaha

Reply


syntheticmuse December 12 2007, 07:26:06 UTC
that's really cute. ;-)
s.

Reply


cryptor_00 December 12 2007, 17:21:48 UTC
ok, now i feel stupid o_0

what is funny here?

Reply


luci_fer December 12 2007, 20:12:06 UTC
I'm with J, I don't quite get it. Take pity on us scientist and let us in on the joke.

(J, I guess you're a "kind" of scientist ^_^)

Reply

lost1ntwilight December 12 2007, 20:20:18 UTC
In computing, a pointer is something that points to another memory location. When you dereference it, you are redirecting to the value in that location.

Reply

luci_fer December 13 2007, 14:36:29 UTC
....okay. I guess that makes sense, it's like a foreign language to me, but sounds really cool

Reply

minion82 December 15 2007, 20:20:43 UTC
Even with the explanation, it still doesn't quite make sense to me.

Reply


erikpet35 December 14 2007, 06:26:19 UTC
Reminds me of the gag

Recursion
Definition: See recursion

:)

Reply


Leave a comment

Up