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An author's claim is that C++ is not appropriate for big software projects because

An author's claim is that C++ is not appropriate for large software projects because

This is the the test he gave to candidates on his job interviews:

This is the test he gave to candidates on his job interviews:

The motivation of article author was to check how experienced C++ programmer can write a basic class with a pointer as a member:

There are a lot of problems with memory management because of raw pointers using. And this is my version of this class (with smart pointers):

An author's claim is that C++ is not appropriate for big software projects because

My primary complaint against C++ is that the language is so complicated, and has enough booby-traps, that average and above-average programmers have a difficult time writing code without serious bugs.

This is the the test he gave to candidates on his job interviews:

There are a lot of problems with memory management because of raw pointers using. But it was before C++11 was invented. So now C++11 with smart pointers can help us to avoid mentioned problems? This is my version of this class (with smart pointers):