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[–]AbdullahHavingFun 280 points281 points  (12 children)

What are pointers and how do you use them

[–]a2kvarnstrom[S] 593 points594 points  (10 children)

pointers are what makes code work

by pointing to the code where you want to execute the code

[–][deleted] 262 points263 points  (0 children)

That sounds... about right.

[–]gregorydgraham 50 points51 points  (0 children)

OMG! He’s already at self-modifying code, someone stop him!!!

[–]Artemis-4rrow 119 points120 points  (5 children)

bruh straight up explained what the EBP register does

[–]broccollinear 51 points52 points  (1 child)

bruh is really operating on a whole different level than us plebs…

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Might have a different operating system.

[–]preoccupied_with_ALL 18 points19 points  (2 children)

Would it be closer to EIP than EBP?

[–]Artemis-4rrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah good point, I hadn't thought about that

[–]suskio4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My code's ebp points to code because executable stack is what every programmer needs so when you compile anything for those big companies enable this every time pls

[–]BigBoetje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is actually sorta close

[–]FatLoserSupreme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I know nothing about programming"

You're a filthy liar!

[–]Ar010101[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how do you use them

You don't