The Pointers and References section in the C++ 101 tutorial series introduces two powerful concepts that enable you to manipulate memory efficiently and create flexible code structures. Pointers are ...

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.

In this program, the swap() function takes two integer parameters by value. The values are swapped inside the function, but the changes are not reflected in the main() function because the parameters ...

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 ...

#ifndef PERSON_H_ #define PERSON_H_ #include <string> #include <memory> #include <map> using namespace std; class person; // this class models a table of friendship (name, best friend) class ...

Currently in Java, but I've had the pleasure (if you can call it that) of sitting in some of the C++ labs doing my stuff. It's been a while for me and few in my various classes have such old timers ...