What is the difference between a C# Reference and a Pointer?

Question

I do not quite understand the difference between a C# reference and a pointer. They both point to a place in memory don\'t they? The only difference I can figure out is that

Answer 1

The thing about pointers that makes them somewhat complex is not what they are, but what you can do with them. And when you have a pointer to a pointer to a pointer. That's when it really starts to get fun.