[singularity2001]

IF you learn C++ I'd suggest to use it as a nicer C, without any std:: or the million other complications. Write your own List / String classes for fun, they can't be much worse than the std ones.

[creata]

The string class you implement will be worse than the stdlib one, unless you implement small-string optimization, too, which is a massive pain.

[jb1991]

This is such bad advice.