Summary
In this episode, Jason reviews two C++ beginner magazines purchased five years apart from different publishers but with remarkably similar content. He critiques numerous problematic coding practices found in both publications, including inconsistent use of newlines vs std::endl, improper string quotes, declaring variables far from their use, and outdated practices like using #define instead of constexpr. The review reveals that despite being marketed as modern C++ guides, these magazines contain misleading examples, compiler errors, and questionable teaching approaches that could confuse beginning C++ programmers.