On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 6:42 PM Bakul Shah <ba...@bitblocks.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 01 Jan 2019 03:34:34 -0800 =?UTF-8?B?5LyK6Jek5ZKM5Lmf?= > <kazya.ito.dr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What are the reasonable reasons to use pointers? Are pointers neseccary? > > Pointers are not necessary as a programming language feature > but are necessary in implementing a programming language. As > an example, Scheme doesn't have pointers.
Scheme doesn't have pointers in the same sense that Java doesn't have pointers: in both Scheme and Java all non-primitive types are represented using pointers. So while it's true that the languages don't have pointers, you still have to understand that you are always dealing with reference types. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
