In RAM each byte has an index, which is just a number. A byte stores a number. A variable is a byte somewhere in RAM. Thus, a variable can store a number and has an index. Because index is just a number variables can store indexes - such a variable is a pointer. There's no difference at the hardware level - the only difference is in how you treat these numbers in your program.
Trying to understand pointers
Jose Price
Robert Baker
What if he's using ring memory?
Joseph Price
>trying to understand futures and promises
I find OS and low-level C hacking easier than JS and frontend.
Luis Parker
>desu trying to understand how an analog adder and subtractor worked made me drop an intro to EE course
I've never felt more retarded and enlightened than in that class. Read Charles Petzold "Code"
Juan Brown
Both your sentences are wrong. Cache isn't stored anywhere, it's a part of the CPU. Pointers are stored in RAM, either on the stack or in heap. Cache just mirrors parts of RAM for faster access.
Mason Robinson
BEAUTIFUL
Brayden Morales
Brainlets itt
Asher Barnes
Noah Rogers
>needing 3 years and an undergrad degree to understand 1st semester comp sci
i think we've identified the real brainlet.