H-how did this meme clear up a confusion I have with ** pointers after all these years?

They’re just pointer pointers!

Dang, that is so cool C can do that.

pointer pointers

wait until you learn about template templates in C++

Are the templates in the room with us right now?

I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy

If you’ve never seen this before, I think it’s transformative to how you read C/C++ declarations and clearer up a lot of confusion for me when I was learning.

https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~gbournou/CSE131/rt_lt.rule.html

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