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Defiant Heretic · 07-06-2003, 11:38 PM

Jake, try Sourceforge. They'll have some projects you can work on.

Loren Pechtel · 07-07-2003, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by Cutter
Oh man, where were you when I was doing my last couple of C++ assignments!

I still don't understand friggin' pointers. *, **, &, && - WTF does it all mean??? AHHHGGG!!!

But you don't write C, you swear in it!

Cutter · 07-07-2003, 07:16 PM

:notworthy

SimplyAtheistic · 07-07-2003, 07:31 PM

Haha, first time I have seen && being talked about as if it was reference syntax

Jake

fried beef sandwich · 07-07-2003, 10:11 PM

Pointers.... aaaah....

Yes, you see, this is why I switched majors.

Cutter · 07-07-2003, 11:24 PM

JakeJohnson: Well, just goes to show you how confused I was, doesn't it!

All I know is, there were asterisks and ampersands everywhere, and I'm buggered if I know what any of them meant!

SimplyAtheistic · 07-08-2003, 03:00 PM

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Originally posted by fried beef sandwich
Pointers.... aaaah....

Yes, you see, this is why I switched majors.

Pointers aren't a simple thing, but they don't seem THAT difficult.
Jake

fando · 07-08-2003, 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by JakeJohnson
Pointers aren't a simple thing, but they don't seem THAT difficult.

They're an extra layer of abstraction, sort of like what variables are to numbers. Some people have a limit in how abstract they can think. Pointers are it for many. It probably never stops--there's always one more layer of abstraction above you. Heck, I'm still clearing the abstraction hurdles required for doing math (differential geometry, Lie algebras) that would make most math blockheads scream with fright.

SimplyAtheistic · 07-08-2003, 05:15 PM

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Originally posted by fando
They're an extra layer of abstraction, sort of like what variables are to numbers. Some people have a limit in how abstract they can think. Pointers are it for many. It probably never stops--there's always one more layer of abstraction above you. Heck, I'm still clearing the abstraction hurdles required for doing math (differential geometry, Lie algebras) that would make most math blockheads scream with fright.

Well, pointers really aren't difficult if you understand the hardware operations involved. I guess if you rush into programming without knowing anything about hardware it could get messy.
Jake

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07-06-2003, 11:38 PM	#11
Defiant Heretic Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,288	Jake, try Sourceforge. They'll have some projects you can work on.

07-07-2003, 07:16 PM	#13
Cutter Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,805	:notworthy

07-07-2003, 07:31 PM	#14
SimplyAtheistic Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 503	Haha, first time I have seen && being talked about as if it was reference syntax Jake

07-07-2003, 10:11 PM	#15
fried beef sandwich Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,156	Pointers.... aaaah.... Yes, you see, this is why I switched majors.

07-07-2003, 11:24 PM	#16
Cutter Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,805	JakeJohnson: Well, just goes to show you how confused I was, doesn't it! All I know is, there were asterisks and ampersands everywhere, and I'm buggered if I know what any of them meant!

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