This first installment addresses the most often-mentioned issue regarding C++: memory management. Fortunately, that is no longer the stumbling block it once was, through a technique known as smart ...

Yet, one thing remains constant: pointers in C and C++. They are a double-edged sword that can lead to incredible flexibility in memory management but can also wreak havoc when mismanaged. Recently, a ...

Dealing with circular references in C++ isn't as simple. In the first installment of this series on pointers, I covered the two most common smart pointers. One of them, shared_ptr, implements ...

BR><BR>I've been writing garbage collected classes for years in C++!! I use smart pointers!<BR><BR>Can someone please explain the high level differences between the CLR's garbage collection ...

I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs. 1 I do agree that truly ... of a standard one (that's the whole point of using a custom scheme), ...

So I've made my first tentative steps into C++, when all my previous experience ... I feel that I now have a basic grasp of references and pointers. However from the books and tutorials that ...