Pointers — you either love them, or you haven’t fully understood them yet. But before you storm off to the comment section now, pointers are indeed a polarizing subject and are both C’s biggest ...

I ask because it doesn't seem to be for me. I've got a number of classes that inherit from a base class with some virtual functions. When I have a base class pointer everything works fine as it should ...

As someone who has spent over two decades in the embedded systems industry, I’ve seen the vast evolution of technology—from 8-bit microcontrollers to today’s sophisticated, multicore systems. Yet, one ...

In our first part on pointers, we covered the basics and common pitfalls of pointers in C. If we had to break it down into one sentence, the main principle of pointers is that they are simply data ...

Looking for five minutes of mindless fun? Check out Pointer Pointer, a ridiculous, time-wasting, website that shows you a picture of someone pointing to wherever you put your computer’s pointer. If it ...

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So many ways to control an iPad. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac The new mouse and trackpad support coming in iPadOS 13.4 is just fantastic. And, in typical Apple fashion, it just works as soon as ...

The batteries leaked in my laser pointer. They had swollen to the point where I could not get them out. I clamped the laser pointer in my trusty Wilton vise and drilled out the batteries with a large ...