C++ Reference for Programmer Returning from Java

Question

Here's my situation: I taught myself C++ (albeit rather badly), and was later taught how to use Java in college. Returning to C++, I find myself confused by several things that differ from C++ to Java, for example memory management and avoiding memory leaks.

What would be the best mode of returning to programming in C++? Should I read a beginner's guide again, or are there some good references for my kind of situation?

All help is appreciated and thanks!

Answer 1

If you never properly learned C++ (you say you learned it "badly"), start over. Forget everything about Java, because trying to use Java idioms and techniques in C++ is just a recipe for bugs and memory leaks and very inefficient code. The differences between the languages are fairly big.

So get a good book teaching C++ from scratch.