First Assignment was well-supported prior to his last-gasp win in a 2m5f handicap hurdle at the track last month and connections will be hoping he can follow up on his first attempt at three miles ...

Knowing how references really differ from pointers should help you decide when to use references and when to stick with pointers. In C++, references provide many of the same capabilities as pointers.

From a purely object-oriented perspective, "copy semantics" is the right way to preserve control over object ownership. But in those scenarios where ownership becomes irrelevant, C++11 "move semantics ...