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   Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 05:20:36 JST Fesshole 🧻

   I've done it. I finally understand pointers. I know it may not seem like a huge achievement to others but I get pointers in C now.

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     DistroWatch (distrowatch@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 05:51:09 JST DistroWatch

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     @fesshole It took me a while to get comfortable with C pointers when I first started coding. Oddly enough, what made the concept click into place was working in Assembly code. Seems backwards, but it worked.

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     Anton Hunter (hunteranton@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 07:28:09 JST Anton Hunter

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     @fesshole the fesser is 100% on Mastodon right?

     Hi! 👋 we're proud of you.

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     Peter Sommerlad (petersommerlad@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 18:05:14 JST Peter Sommerlad

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     @fesshole what about arrays in C?

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     Ben Curthoys (bencurthoys@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 08:19:08 JST Ben Curthoys

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     @fesshole "Pointers in C" reminds me of this proto viral story from the late 90s: https://mastodon.social/@bencurthoys/113781284866873886

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     Francis ☑️ (wtfrank@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Mar-2026 05:43:41 JST Francis ☑️

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     @fesshole Good job. Next thing to work on is borrow checker and lifetimes in rust.