From: Gregg N 

Geo wrote:
> "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
> news:417654ba$1{at}w3.nls.net...
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>>And if you start using strings immediately you can avoid having to
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> consider
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>>pointers for a while. And that's a very good thing for most beginners.
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> We start on pointers next week... It'll be good for me. 
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> Geo.
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The problem with learning how to do C-style manipulations based on pointers
before learning how to use C++ equivalents is that it can teach you bad
habits. Explicit pointer variables and explicit memory allocation are major
factors in memory leaks and illegal memory access violations that C and C++
are often associated with. Read the PDF file I referred to you.

Gregg

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