References are like jumps

References are like jumps, leading wildly from one part of a data structure to another. references have been introduced into high-level languages as an add-on to automatic coercion rules. sam taylor: reference-based languages are not the future of programming. they are the way of the past - he says. referenced languages can be used to encapsulate mutating state if they’re used correctly… [summary] [comments]


这是一个从 https://without.boats/blog/references-are-like-jumps/ 下的原始话题分离的讨论话题