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Asked: May 21, 20262026-05-21T17:56:04+00:00 2026-05-21T17:56:04+00:00

I am learning C++ language. There are two concepts I can not figure out:

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I am learning C++ language. There are two concepts I can not figure out:

  1. What is the difference between new and malloc?
  2. What is the difference between pointer and reference?

Can anyone help?


The original title of the question and the claim about learning said the question was about C, not C++. But the questions are clearly about C++, not C, because one of the two items in each question does not exist as a relevant concept in C.

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    2026-05-21T17:56:05+00:00Added an answer on May 21, 2026 at 5:56 pm

    C is not C++.

    new is how you allocate memory and call constructors in C++. malloc just allocates memory, in both C and C++.

    A pointer can be NULL – aka point to a defined invalid location. A reference (which doesn’t exist in C) will always refer to something – it cannot legally refer to an invalid location.

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