[fogus]

After a month of plodding around with C, one night I sat bolt upright in bed and just suddenly understood pointers. I had written my fair share of BASIC and Pascal before, but I think something in my mind turned over that night. I can't explain it any other way.

[saulrh]

I know exactly how you feel; that's how I've learned most of the really cool stuff so far. I just load the formalities into headspace, go do something else, and have a random epiphany anywhere between two minutes and two days later.