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F Means I'm Fcked

F Means I'm Fcked
Ah yes, the classic "C isn't hard" followed by syntax that would make Cthulhu cry. That innocent-looking line is basically saying "f is an array of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void." It's like Russian nesting dolls, but instead of cute wooden figures, you get existential dread and compiler errors. The beauty here is the sheer audacity of claiming C isn't hard while showcasing precisely why developers wake up screaming at 3 AM. Pointer arithmetic: where "F" truly stands for "Fantastic, I'm never going to understand this."

Chaotic Evil: The Dark Art Of Buffer Overflow

Chaotic Evil: The Dark Art Of Buffer Overflow
Look at this absolute psychopath writing a function that masquerades as addition but secretly performs dark magic with buffer overflows. The evil genius is using array indexing on a static buffer with arbitrary inputs, dereferencing pointers, and then subtracting the buffer's address from the result. This isn't addition—it's a ticking time bomb disguised as math. The dramatic lighting and quill pen really sell it. Nothing says "I'm about to crash your entire system" like writing memory-corrupting C code by candlelight like some kind of deranged 18th-century villain. Somewhere a security engineer just felt a cold shiver down their spine.

There Has To Be A Reason Why This Happens

There Has To Be A Reason Why This Happens
The quantum uncertainty principle of code quality! When no one's watching, your code is a beautiful disaster of pointer arithmetic, bit shifting, and variables named "threehalfs" (probably implementing some obscure optimization hack). But the MILLISECOND someone glances at your screen, your code transforms into the most redundant, self-explanatory conditional statement in existence—literally checking if something is true to return true. It's like your code has performance anxiety and suddenly pretends to be following best practices. The compiler doesn't judge you, but that coworker walking by sure does!