REFERENCE--- A reference variable is initialized first. A reference variable is defined to indicate a variable and that reference variable can't point to the another variable. References can not be ...

The big difference between pointers and references is that you must use an explicit operator-the * operator-to dereference a pointer, but you don't use an operator to dereference a reference. For ...

Pointers and references can have similar use cases in C++. As seen previously both references and pointers can be used in pass-by-reference to a function. Additionally, they both provide an ...

I think the main difference is that an auto pointer keeps track of references to itself, while garbage collection requires the runtime environment to keep track of references.<BR><BR>The latter ...

This module provides an introduction to the specific features of C++ compared to C. Through various exercises, you will learn about the differences in syntax and semantics between the two languages.