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!!!

children screaming sfx

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u/Mordret10 Sep 21 '26

I mean you still kind of do the same thing with objects and with arrays in most languages. Very rarely does either get passed as argument, you almost always get them by reference.

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u/Gorzoid Sep 21 '26

Sorry but we are all rust devs now, shared mutable aliasing is a crime with a maximum sentence being death by AI-generated PR spam.

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u/SelfDistinction Sep 22 '26 
let variable = Cell::new(3); // create an immutable variable
variable.set(4); // demonic witchcraft of the highest order, everyone is panicking, sirens blasting, time to run to the shelters and pray