pointerless

English

Etymology

pointer +‎ -less

Adjective

pointerless (not comparable)

1. (computing, programming) Without the use of pointers.
   • 1989, Allen Kent, James G Williams, Rosalind Kent, Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 4:

     We will see, however, that the pointerless techniques are seldom satisfactory. Implementations of trees tend to be more complex than those of ordered lists.

   • 1992, Giorgio Gambosi, Michel O Scholl, Hans-Werner Six, Geographic database management systems: workshop proceedings, Capri, Italy:

     The list representation is a pointerless representation that facilitates sequential access but is inefficient for random access to specific image elements.

   • 2003, Ian Griffiths, Matthew Adams, .NET Windows forms in a nutshell, page 18:

     But we can't use function pointers as we would in C++, and not just for the ideological reason that it doesn't enter into the spirit of the brave new pointerless world of the CLR.

Anagrams

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