Having taught C++ to novices, I can assure you that the "dark corners" are not hard to find. You need to be taught what is wrong in C++, and you need to learn

Having taught C++ to novices, I can assure you that the "dark corners" are not hard to find. You need to be taught what is wrong in C++, and you need to learn "folklore" e.g. always use -Wall, before you can really program effectively in C++.