Creating a reference in Java is same as the concept of pointer is exactly same, then why it is said that Java does not support pointers?
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1surely u could google this – Ramanlfc Sep 28 '17 at 10:56
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1PS: Found that duplicate by putting your exact question title into Google. Something you could've done yourself. – Ivar Sep 28 '17 at 10:58
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In C you can manipulate pointers to get somewhere else than the pointer points to. In Java references are atomic and only makes sense to get to an object in memory.
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