Memory Leak Questions

[ahoodin]

IMPO It sould be much more worthwhile to start with proven components (in this case STL) and once there is a through understanding of how to USE them, expand the knowledge to learn how to PROPERLY implement them using the "native" capabilities.

Well sure, but I am not certain he has the background at this point in time. If he knew the STL, he might not be asking this question at this particular juncture. Definitely do learn the STL, learn smart pointer.

Also (off-topic) Poor programs can be written in ANY language. .NET is no different. But look at the difference. Poorly written managed application tend to run and produce the desired result.

Well unmanaged code still seems to permeate many architectures. The thing about writing unmanaged code w.o garbage collection is that you learn to clean up after yourself.