@jamalw
Computer Engineering · Georgia Tech · Class of 2027
Joined November 2025
Think of memory as a long row of numbered boxes. A normal variable is a box holding a value. A pointer is a box holding the NUMBER of another box. - &x asks "what's the number of x's box?" - *p says "go to the box whose number is stored in p." Arrays are then…
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Going from high-level languages down to logic gates, assembly and C was a big shift. The LC-3 section was the steepest learning curve for me, and pointers in C took a while to click. Workload was heavier than I expected, around 14 hours a week. Starting projec…