when will i ever use pointers and references in a real coding job? seems like useless academic bullshit like the rest of college
when will i ever use pointers and references in a real coding job?
when will i ever use pointers and references in a real coding job? seems like useless academic bullshit like the rest of college
You'll never have a coding job so you needn't worry.
You will only use this kind of shit in a coding job that requires you to write very performant code. No, writing websites backend doesn't require very performant code.
This must be bait...
No lol it doesn't have to be "very performant code".
If you have any C or C++ codebase then even a simple string input that you get from the user is going to come as a pointer or as a reference.
lol.
lmao even.
My point was: No one is going to use C/C++ for simple things that can be done with Python/Java/PHP
>No one is going to use C/C++ for simple things that can be done with Python/Java/PHP
try blinking LEDs with Python
That's not a "simple thing that can be done with Python/Java/PHP", and embedded code DO need to be performant, after all you don't have much processing power to spare.
bad example because micropython is a thing and it's possible, that being said yeah op is bait this thread is dumb
you will need to use pointers for roughly 50% of all the variables you make once you start writing programs that aren’t small uni assignments. unless of course you’re a webdev in which case kys loser. Better to learn smart pointers now if you’re serious about programming
If you're asking that question then you shouldn't be using any programming language that has pointers or for which by-reference vs by-value isn't handled by the language syntax. If you get hired by a company using such a language then you're a ticking time bomb.
C++ programmer here, I use pointers every day.
You need to understand how memory works even if you aren't doing raw ptr math.
Unless you're doing 100% managed scripting.
Tell me you're moronic without telling me you're moronic.
>when will i ever use pointers and references in a real coding job? seems like useless academic bullshit like the rest of college
You'll use them all the time in Lisp and Python. You probably think pointers mean C's * syntax instead of pointers.
Never, real world unly uses values because it's all functional
Why is she spreading her legs like that?
Because I amger
You'll definitely use pointers if you're writing in C/C++. If you're using something like C# you'll probably also end up using references if you want your code to perform well. Passing a copy of a struct to a function is a big waste of cycles when you can just pass a reference to it for example.
You'll use them daily.
You'll use switches and references too, constantly.
Dealing with legacy code? It will use pointers and references too.
You gotta know your switches, your classes, your pointers, your objects, etc etc. All of that you use.
Calculus? Pay attention there too, it will help with your coding.
Want to do anything involving graphics apis, shaders, or even moving into cyber security doing buffer overflows? Guess what, you need pointers. Want to make a program that hooks into a legacy program as a plugin? You use pointers.
That academic bullshit you see is used every day out in the real world.
Try making a CRUD system in C.
Let’s say you’re manipulating a large piece of data and you need to pass it to multiple functions, your should use pointers or pass by reference otherwise you’re making a copy of that data every time it gets passed to your functions which is incredibly stupid considering the amount of time it takes to simply write * or &
>seems like useless academic bullshit like the rest of college
You will never be a real programmer