you should probably update your tutorial to use current c++ standards -- The information is very very old and many of it obsolete. This makes it pretty difficult for new c++ programmers to weed through the chaff to get to the good stuff.
I agree and it's true. It is based on pre standard C++ file streams. When I wrote it, only the cutting edge people really used STL and coded according to standard c++ methods. Geesh, I did not even know what a template was at that time.
Only recently that the support for STL and standard C++ has become mainstream and found it's way into schools and other educational institutes.
Amazing is it not, education always gives you the old stuff and when you step out into the real world, you find so many new things and much more advanced concepts in practical use. Never be stuck with what you get in school. The net is the best place to get to know what goes on in the real world.
And me, well I was inactive here for a long time. I've travelled a lot further, learnt so much that I never even knew existed ..... and got a new monster of a comp ;)
Write an update?
Good idea, I will see what I can do :)