Re: why java does not support pointers


"chandu" <chandu.penjarla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> hai
> any one tell me why java doesn't support pointers.instead it will do
> the same(means storing address,not arithematic operations on address)
> using reference variables.can any one plese clarify my doubt
> thanks regards

Java references are pointers, but they're not much like C or C++ pointers,
so a different term was used. (Of course, Java references are nothing like
C++ references either...)


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