.. 3) Why code an applet? If it is due to the teacher specifying it, please refer them to Why CS teachers should stop teaching Java applets. — Andrew Thompson 13 secs ago

@Fred - As far as I know, Stack Overflow still welcomes enthusiast programmers, and does not require IDEs. Perhaps you should simply skip questions you feel are beneath you. Also see Could we please be a bit nicer to new users?. — jww 2 mins ago

Since this isn't a question with a code problem it may be a better fit over on programmers.stackexchange.com — j08691 1 min ago

Please do not cross post questions. — Snowman 1 min ago

Sounds more like a question for programmers.stackexchange.com , though I'm not sure it's on-topic there, either — Adam Smith 49 secs ago

NullReferenceException is a common situation for beginner programmers. The link provided should help you understand the problem. Then use the debugger to find what/where/when you have a variable that is null. — Soner Gönül 31 secs ago

It looks more like opportunity to open a discussion flow instead of asking real answerable question. Such "let me know what you think" type of problems may be more suitable for Programmers, although even that site "should not be used as toilet bowl" — xmojmr 2 mins ago

Since this is about a GCSE assignment I also urge you to read Open letter to students with homework problems. — Martijn Pieters 1 min ago

Note that correct doesn't correlate with useful, and especially not with the goal of SO to curate content useful to a broader audience of programmers and not just OP... — l4mpi 42 secs ago

@LightnessRacesinOrbit Good programmers have never used new[] and delete[]. Even obfuscated in an auto ... make_unique. If for some reason, you cannot use std::string, you implement something similar. (And have since long before C++ got its first standard.) — James Kanze 1 min ago

@bitoiu this is a very bad fit for Programmers, see meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/6483/… Recommended reading: What goes on Programmers.SE? A guide for Stack Overflow — gnat 1 min ago

@LuisColorado c++ has the stl and most c++ programmers would suggest stl basd solutions or some kind of external library like boost, c solutions are simple and beautiful. — iharob 1 min ago

@jsguy: In theory it could be. Some of what was changed in C++11 was to make it at least possible to create a conforming implementation that included a garbage collector. In fact, it doesn't happen because most C++ programmers are not willing to put up with the tradeoffs involved in adding a garbage collector. — Jerry Coffin 29 secs ago

using namespace std; reduces the number of :: scope qualifier operators used in a C++ program, and is therefore bad. It's like not using virtual this and virtual that - without seeing virtual in about 10 zillion places how would someone looking at the code know it's C++? Same with :: - you see that and you say, "By golly, this is C++ I'm lookin' at, not some wimpy-arsed C or Java or C# junk. This is real C++, for real C++ programmers. Wannabees need not apply! Manual memory allocation and deallocation! Convoluted syntax galore! C++! For REAL programmers!! Hoo-rah!!!" :-) — Bob Jarvis 58 secs ago

You can return a reference to a heap allocated object but that is dangerous in that it 'hides' the fact that ownership transferral has occurred. Programmers generally look at pointers and think 'hey possible lifetime management concerns here" which is often not thought of when references are involved. — Lionel 2 mins ago

I personally find it disgraceful to down-vote a question 4 times because I suggested to use Hungarian notation in the comments because it is something that helped me out when I started programming(even though I agree it only serves it purpose at the beginning of a programmers journey and quickly becomes a mess). But again, has nothing to do with the question and is personal preference, nothing the OP asked nor something I covered in my answer anymore. — Johan 1 min ago

standards were industry stuff so programmers were new to standards since it was a new industry? — DarioOO 39 secs ago

A common way to release resources from multiple fail points is goto cleanup — black 24 secs ago

A recommendation would be to give some examples of what you've already tried and why it didn't work. Stack overflow isn't the best place for this type of question. programmers.stackexchange is better — Mike Vella 1 min ago

This would likely be closed as too broad at Programmers.SE. — Snowman 1 min ago

@MikeVella: It seems a bit broad for Programmers. "How do I implement typed lambda calculus in Python?" How much time do you have? — Robert Harvey ♦ 1 min ago

@πάνταῥεῖ What do you mean with wrong? Most of them are German words, some aren't, but they are used by German programmers. And my answer is not automatically translated; I translated it by hand. — leemes 25 secs ago

@πάνταῥεῖ What the heck are you complaining about? They are words used by German teachers, programmers, books, internet sites, ... Why should I use other words, which make it harder to understand, when answering to a German programmer? — leemes 37 secs ago

You should really take this to programmers.stackexchange.com and expand your question so people know what the exact situation is. — Jeroen Vannevel 57 secs ago

Real programmers don't use Simple GUI. — Malik Brahimi 1 min ago

@MalikBrahimi there is no such thing as "real programmers" but i guess you can say i'm a very bad programmer. — spexel 24 secs ago

I find that asking conceptual questions - that are not directly code related - are better to be asked on Programmers Stack Exchange. You will get more answers there. — phpPhil 1 min ago

perhaps more serverfault.com than programmers — Dagon 1 min ago

You should look for companies that have an intership or apprenticeship program. Learn from the professionals, how and when to optimize. In the embedded systems arena, we optimize, but we use oscilloscopes to profile, which is different than what the desktop programmers use for profiling. — Thomas Matthews 1 min ago