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Discussion on: Basic "C Pointer" Concepts for Beginners

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kaisarh

It would be good to list the other kinds of memories, for example:

geeksforgeeks.org/memory-layout-of...

Plus memory maps (to device/HW/etc). It would then be possible add examples of code that cannot be done without pointers. For example, in the DOS era, video memory was a fixed location that were written with pointers. Today OS gives us mapped memory for peripherals and HW that is accessed using pointers.

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Mukit, Ataul

good one, but will the beginners would get overwhelmed by peripherals and HW ?