New/delete were never that great to begin with and have now fallen out of style. Also, C++ is quite useful and powerful even without STL. https://www.youtube.c

New/delete were never that great to begin with and have now fallen out of style. Also, C++ is quite useful and powerful even without STL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0ItVEVjHc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0ItVEVjHc A classic which touches on such stuff.