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[–] roznak 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

EDIT: this article, released on April Fool date, was an April Fool joke. So pointers are not going away.

[–] chuckletrousers 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The link just shows a blank page for me, but eliminating pointers because they're too hard for some people to understand is retarded. Oh well, there's always assembly language.

[–] chags 0 points 1 points (+1|-0) ago 

You can stick to C.

[–] spookybm 0 points 1 points (+1|-0) ago 

They literally removed the pointer.... So no address to reference to....

[–] Frank_Castle [S] 0 points 1 points (+1|-0) ago 

It may have gotten the hug of death. Here's a cached version.

[–] skruf 0 points 1 points (+1|-0) ago 

Good one. Jokes on me.

[–] JFCJ 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) ago 

They lighter and easier to write code the better. New technologies like block chain development will still rely heavily on languages like C++ so the easier to use the better.

[–] lesshateplz 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) ago 

Memory must be cheap these days.