Introduces two key concepts: the use of a generic requirements based approach to simplify and adapt the use of the counted body pattern and the ability to dynamically and non-intrusively add capabilities to fixed types using the runtime mixin pattern.

Explains what smart pointers are, why they should be used, and which one should be used.

Covers the design of a global memory manager that is as fast and space-efficient as per-class allocators.

Andrei Alexandrescu discusses smart pointers, from their simplest aspects to their most complex ones and from the most obvious errors in implementing them to the subtlest ones--some of which also happen to be the most gruesome.

This article provides an in-depth look at the "pure virtual function called" error message.

Explains why auto_ptr neatly solves common C++ design and coding problems, and why using it can lead to more robust code.

Andrei Alexandrescu navigates through the sometimes treacherous waters of using smart pointers, which imitate built-in pointers in syntax and semantics but perform a host of additional tasks that built-in pointers can't.

This article explains design principles that will help keeping memory management error out of C++ code.

This article discusses C++ in the context of several other popular languages. It also describes the kinds of memory errors that can occur in C++ programs.

An article on using garbage collection through the use of smart pointers.