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dereferencing movies (thejenkinscomic.files.wordpress.com)

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[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 25 points 9 months ago

Pointers are variables that don't hold data themselves but instead hold a reference to it. It's really common to redirect pointers to reference something other than what they originally referenced, which is the joke in this comic. He is changing the conversation so that Star Wars actually refers to Jaws.

[-] Bronco1676@lemmy.ml 26 points 9 months ago

Mhm yes that's what I understood, but I didn't understans whats funny about this? What does "I'm your father" mean if the movie is jaws?

[-] Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 9 months ago

I think the humor is meant to be in the juxtaposition between "reference" in media contexts (e.g. "I am your father") and "reference" in programming contexts and applying the latter context to the former one.