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Originally Posted by byteit101
ahhh! that would explain that! doesn't one love the power and the unsafeness of C/C++? (there's an easy virus: ((char*)0) = "CORRUPT THIS DATA!!!!";  ) |
Pointers are a great and terrible thing. To the point that I've worked on many projects at work where the use of non-smart pointers is strictly prohibited. Simply put, 90% of us aren't smart enough to use them effectively without shooting ourselves in the foot (and I am definitely a member of that majority!)