Editing Pointer (computer programming) (section)

===Perl===
The [[Perl]] [[programming language]] supports pointers, although rarely used, in the form of the pack and unpack functions. These are intended only for simple interactions with compiled OS libraries. In all other cases, Perl uses [[Reference (computer science)|references]], which are typed and do not allow any form of pointer arithmetic. They are used to construct complex data structures.<ref>{{cite web|author=Contact details |url=http://perldoc.perl.org/perlref.html#Making-References |title=// Making References (Perl References and nested data structures) |publisher=Perldoc.perl.org |access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref>