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johnnyanmacyesterday at 10:58 PM0 repliesview on HN

Yes, and no?

In production, odds are you are relying on allocators or containers others already wrote. You coming in in 2026 may not ever use the keywords directly, but you'll either be using abstractions that handle that for you (be it STL or something internal) or using some custom allocation call referring to memory already allocated.

But yes, I'd say a more general rule is "allocate with caution".