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C++ move semantics from scratch (2022)


Today I'd like to propose a narrative for building an intuition for move semantics in C++ by describing a world in which they don't exist and how they naturally appear as a solution for pre-C++11 problems. My goal is to provide a clear understanding of what move semantics are, without any hand waviness.

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