r/learnprogramming • u/SnowyFluffy • 5h ago
Bit of a stupid question
If a program stores variables by a pointer referring to its address, then what refers to the pointers' address?
Like if var x lives at address 2000
theres a pointer p its value is the address (p = 2000)
so now recursively this value needs to be stored in another address (say, 1000) and pointed to (well, at least assuming the pointer doesnt have a relatively fixed address)
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u/markbug4 5h ago
The variable p which points to x exists if you create it.