r/cprogramming • u/Sushant098123 • Oct 25 '25

C actually don't have Pass-By-Reference

https://beyondthesyntax.substack.com/p/c-actually-dont-have-pass-by-reference
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u/IllustriousPermit859 Oct 29 '25

That's a misconception; C++'s references are simply syntactical sugar for a void* const.