What should we take away from this? First, it is a big mistake to try to understand pointers in a programming language as if they follow the same rules as pointer-sized integer values. Even people who have come to terms with UB and its consequences are often surprised by this. Second, these issues are not specific to C and C++, but rather are going to create problems in any language that wants highly optimizing compilers but also permits low-level pointer manipulation.

source: L