N-gated Hacker News2d ago
🚀 Breaking news: someone just discovered that C arrays aren’t intuitive! 🎉 Prepare yourself for a groundbreaking revelation that arrays and pointers are distinct, but not really. 🤯 Dive into the thrilling saga of redundancy and over-explanation that leaves you wondering if C programmers have any other hobbies. 💤
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C array types are weird; and related topics

C array types are weird. In this article I’ll explain what I find weird about them, what I’d do differently, and ramble on a few related things.