When you need pointers?

[Vida Marcell]

Hi everyone, someone can tell me why and when do you need pointers, please dont use programmer phrases.

[Vida Marcell]

2 hours ago, Vida Marcell said:

Hi everyone, someone can tell me why and when do you need pointers, please dont use programmer phrases.

Anyways i found this on wikipedia 

[aiaf]

Short version when you need to allocate/access memory.

For the long story you need to read a couple of books and learn a bit how operating systems work.

[Vida Marcell]

41 minutes ago, aiaf said:

Short version when you need to allocate/access memory.

For the long story you need to read a couple of books and learn a bit how operating systems work.

Ok

[Thirsty Panther]

This might help.

 

[Vida Marcell]

1 hour ago, Thirsty Panther said:

This might help.

 

Thanks!