Knowing how references really differ from pointers should help you decide when to use references and when to stick with pointers. In C++, references provide many of the same capabilities as pointers.

So I've made my first tentative steps into C++, when all my previous experience has been with languages with dynamic memory management. I've started using SDL to put together a very simple game to ...

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// C# version class Person { public Person(string name) { this.Name = name; Console.WriteLine(this.Name + " instance created."); } ~Person() { Console.WriteLine(this ...