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Re:A brief introduction to C++'s model for type- and resourc... by vvanders on Friday January 15, 2016 @03:45PM (#10912008)
Ownership and Lifetimes != Reference counting.

Reference counting is code smell that you don't have a clear ownership model.

Take a look a Rust for something more along the lines of what I'm talking about. There's been quite a few people who've re-written their C/C++ code to Rust only to find out that they didn't have a clear ownership model and found architectural improvements because of it.

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