Pointer Help

[Struggling Programmer]

Can you conceive an efficient and effective program/application without pointers?

[helios]

If you're asking whether you can continue learning C++ without learning pointers, then my answer is no. Pointers are fundamental building blocks in C/++ programs; there isn't much you can do without them.

[AaronZim]

If you don't like pointers I definitely recommend learning Java instead of C++. Java doesn't use pointers and is only slightly slower than C++. So the creators of Java have conceived a way to program without explicit pointers. What this means is that there are pointers "under the hood," of Java but programmers don't have to work with them. Not using pointers in any way shape or form is inconceivable and impossible with our current hardware.