POINTER (What is it ) ?

Posted by Minoshi on
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can someone explain what is pointer that is being talked about in the lecture videos ? Shimon talks about pointer as being an address but to what ? can someone explain in terms of hack assembly language and a sample code for "pointer" in hack assembly language ?