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Yeah, doesn't make sense. Pointers are less useful in C++, because we have better things now.

• junon 5y ago
  Of course we do. You still need to know how pointers work to use RAII effectively, though.
  • pjmlp 5y ago
    Not at all, because RAII is about constructors/destructors, and not at all about pointers. Heap allocated data is one special case of OS resources that can be managed by constructor/destructor pairs.
    • junon 5y ago
      What did being pedantic prove here?
      • ncmncm 5y ago
        The thread started with you insisting a C-level conception of pointers is essential to coding C++, which turns out to be false. Learning C first is a very bad way to learn C++. One can pick up pointers later, and asm blocks after that.