What Java Devs Think C++ Devs Do

What Java devs think C/C++ devs do #include <iostream> int main(){ int p0 = 45; int * p1 = &p0; int ** p2 = &p1; int *** p3 = &p2; int **** p4 = &p3; int ***** p5 = &p4; int ****** p6 = &p5; int ******* p7 = &p6; int ******** p8 = &p7; int ********* p9 = &p8; int ********** pa = &p9; int *********** pb = &pa; int ************ pc = &pb; int ************* pd = &pc; int ************** pe = &pd; int *************** pf = &pe; std::cout << ***************pf << std::endl; return 0; }

The meme shows a terminal editor containing increasingly deep C/C++ pointer declarations, ending with a dereferenced value. The joke is that Java developers stereotype C/C++ programmers as doing unnecessarily complicated pointer manipulation. It is sent as a reaction to overly low-level, convoluted or intimidating code.

• @dev_meme / 3859 2021-10-25