One Asterisk Away From Existential Crisis

One Asterisk Away From Existential Crisis
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The difference between int * and int ** is just one little asterisk, but it's enough to make any programmer lose their mind. Left panel: "Look, a pointer!" Right panel: "OH GOD A POINTER TO A POINTER!" The escalation of panic is absolutely justified. Nothing says "I'm about to spend 3 hours debugging a segmentation fault" like dealing with double pointers. Memory management hell has layers, and that second asterisk is the express elevator to the bottom floor.

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