Quote Originally Posted by nbaztec View Post
Agreed on debugging aspect, as we're the only one's operating. But once RTM, nobody knows how the code will behave on diff PCs( a la run-time errors), owing to a Corrupted RAM, 99% CPU usage, Virus, etc. The user may even be an Average Joe, and wouldn't be as accustomed as we to our own developed app. So IMO it's always gud to initialize.
That made little to no sense to me. What does corrupted RAM, viruses, cpu utilization and what the average user is accustomed to have to do with initializing variables?

Are you an experienced programmer or a student taking a C++ course?