Pointers in Java

Question

C++ supports pointers whereas Java does not. But when many programmers questioned how you can work without pointers, the promoters began saying \"Restricted pointers.” So we

Answer 1

Java has pointers. That's why it has a NullPointerException. It just doesn't have pointer math. Any reference to an object is actually a pointer, which is why it can be null. That said, there are plenty of useful programming languages which don't have pointers, so anyone who thinks that pointers are necessary for programming has a very narrow view of programming languages.