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The concepts of pointers and references have similarities, which is why I have put them together in a single chapter. Pointers are important because they provide the foundation for allocating memory dynamically. Pointers can also make your programs more effective and efficient in other ways. Both references and pointers are fundamental to object oriented programming.
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Horton, I. (2014). Pointers and References. In: Beginning C++. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0007-0_6
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