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Sure... but I don't really see that that's a problem with the analogy. I'm limited in what I can do to someone else's house, even if I have the address; an address might persist after the house has been bulldozed and replaced; &c...


It's not really a problem with the analogy; I'm just saying that a good analogy is no cure for a lack of experience. My first non-toy C program was a disaster because I knew what a pointer was but I didn't yet understand how to manage them.


Oh, for sure it's no cure for a lack of experience. My contention was solely with the statement that there is no real-world analogy. There is one; it's useful; it doesn't accomplish everything because it's just an analogy.




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