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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.