Pratyush Mishra

@nick_r_cameron wrote some guides ages ago.

I would recommend reading Effective C++ and Effective Modern C++ (both by Scott Meyers) once you've gone over the basics. But here are some small tips: 1/n

C++ is mut by default, copy by default (moves are done with std::move) Templates (like generics, but less control, more flexibility) are evaluated by replacing types in the dining body and then trying to compile, rather than verifying if the types 2/n

Satisfy some interface (coming in the future with something called concepts, but it's very different from how you'd think of Traits working). Reading template errors is a skill because of the above. Skip all lines that are not your code, then try to figure out why the line 3/n

You wrote isn't compatible with that template. (This is one of the most painful parts of C++ in my opinion) Rust -> C++ std:: Box<T> -> std::unique_ptr<T> std::rc::Rc<T> -> std::shared_ptr<T> Constructors have a lot of rules for when they are implicitly defined, kind of 4/n

like how the Copy trait can only be applied to types that only contain Copy types, but with extra rules due to handling backwards compatibility and moves being added later on. There's a ton more, but the details can get really nuanced. Go slow, in my opinion C++ is 5/n

just put the types before the names instead of after, and don't forget to free what you allocate. simple! :D

I believe that's just plain C.