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Was C designed to facilitate Object-Oriented programming?

I am trying to broaden my understanding of the history and development of object-oriented programming, and I am curious to find out
if C was designed to facilitate Object-Oriented programming? (like C++ and Objective-C definitely are) or if it was, on the contrary, simply just a clever exploitation of the language’s constructs.

Do pointers really exist in Java? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: How is a Java reference different from a C pointer? (4 answers) Is there any difference between pointers and references? [duplicate] (5 answers) Closed 11 years ago. I read quite a few resources on the internet and now I am quite confused about the existence of pointers in Java. […]

Do pointers really exist in Java? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: How is a Java reference different from a C pointer? (4 answers) Is there any difference between pointers and references? [duplicate] (5 answers) Closed 11 years ago. I read quite a few resources on the internet and now I am quite confused about the existence of pointers in Java. […]

Do pointers really exist in Java? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: How is a Java reference different from a C pointer? (4 answers) Is there any difference between pointers and references? [duplicate] (5 answers) Closed 11 years ago. I read quite a few resources on the internet and now I am quite confused about the existence of pointers in Java. […]

Do pointers really exist in Java? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: How is a Java reference different from a C pointer? (4 answers) Is there any difference between pointers and references? [duplicate] (5 answers) Closed 11 years ago. I read quite a few resources on the internet and now I am quite confused about the existence of pointers in Java. […]

What is the definition of pointer? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: What’s a nice explanation for pointers? [closed] (32 answers) Closed 11 years ago. Conceptually a “pointer” is just something that “points” to something else;Is this definition is sufficient to tell exactly what a pointer is in programing languages? Does it need to have any other features? Programmers who come […]

What is the definition of pointer? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: What’s a nice explanation for pointers? [closed] (32 answers) Closed 11 years ago. Conceptually a “pointer” is just something that “points” to something else;Is this definition is sufficient to tell exactly what a pointer is in programing languages? Does it need to have any other features? Programmers who come […]

What is the definition of pointer? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: What’s a nice explanation for pointers? [closed] (32 answers) Closed 11 years ago. Conceptually a “pointer” is just something that “points” to something else;Is this definition is sufficient to tell exactly what a pointer is in programing languages? Does it need to have any other features? Programmers who come […]

Pointer access and cache coherency

To my understanding, when you access a variable, that variable and the surrounding area of memory is put into the L1 cache. If I’m wrong here, please tell me.

Pointer access and cache coherency

To my understanding, when you access a variable, that variable and the surrounding area of memory is put into the L1 cache. If I’m wrong here, please tell me.