Hacker News with Generative AI: Pointers

Stupid Smart Pointers in C (kevinalbs.com)
Managing memory in C is difficult and error prone. C++ solves this with smart pointers like std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr. This article demonstrates a proof-of-concept (aka stupid) smart pointer in C with very little code. Along the way we'll look at the layout of the 32-bit x86 call stack and write assembly in a C program.
Is this the weirdest thing in C? (wordpress.com)
There are many weird things in C. So many that it is one of the reasons why C can be a challenging language for novice programmers. But what is the weirdest? Well in my experience, the weirdest things in C all have to do with pointers, but the weirdest one may be x[i] == i[x].
Random Values in Pointers (philpearl.github.io)