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I learned that all languages have pointers on some level, and they call them refferences, so I thought that would mean that if you want to do low level stuff in programming, that you would need a memory map, but someone told me that memory maps are an old way to do things, and that most languages have some sort of name system for this, I can't figure out what that means, can someone please explain?
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 12:05 PM
WingedPanther
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It means you've received some VERY poorly worded information.
Java references are similar to C++ pointers, but they are not the same, and neither has anything to do with C++ references. Most languages call pointers "pointers". They also tend to make them fairly easy to work with ("fairly" being defined quite loosely, here), so that you don't have to map everything out yourself.
Java references are similar to C++ pointers, but they are not the same, and neither has anything to do with C++ references. Most languages call pointers "pointers". They also tend to make them fairly easy to work with ("fairly" being defined quite loosely, here), so that you don't have to map everything out yourself.
