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[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Smart pointers implies C++, which is not the right answer.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Unlike many other programming languages, which are often picked up on the go from tutorials found on the Internet, few are able to quickly pick up C++ without studying a well-written C++ book. It is way too big and complex for doing this. In fact, it is so big and complex, that there are very many very bad C++ books out there. And we are not talking about bad style, but things like sporting glaringly obvious factual errors and promoting abysmally bad programming styles.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Considering that most of the "answers" I've found on StackOverflow were complete dogshit, I'm wary of this reading list