On Nov 30, 2003, at 6:23 AM, Jason Dusek wrote:
What is a pointer and what is a reference?
How are they different?
As R.Joseph has noted they are different,
and of course the obligatory perldoc tutorials.
( op. cit. )
That having been said, we might want to step back
to the 'older language' of
Jason Dusek wrote:
> Hi Kids,
>
> What is a pointer and what is a reference?
A pointer is a variable which holds a memory address. That is all it
holds, except possibly a classification by type, which can be morphed.
Pointers are a C/C++ topic, really. We use the term casually someimes when
spe
