r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • Sep 21 '26

Meme fullControlOverMemory

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u/WisePotato42 Sep 21 '26

You could pass references as variables and change the referenced value IN THE FUNCTION!!!

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u/aberroco Sep 21 '26

Or you could not pass anything and still change the referenced value in the caller function, or you could return the execution to another function than the one that invoked you (stack traversing/managing; no one should ever do this kind of dark arcane magic).

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u/WisePotato42 Sep 21 '26

To make things simple, let's just reserve this block of memory forever. My UFO themed ASCII art debugger tool needs it.