c++ master? me?

so the one guy at work who knew c++ quit a couple of weeks ago.

since i expensed a couple of c++ books recently (to work on my resume, ha!) the boss says i'm the new c++ expert and i should ask c++ questions on upcoming interviews.

fine.

so i come up with a swell question. it's based on the c++ standard library's auto_ptr. "standard library" means if you want to call yourself a c++ expert, you know it. i.e. if you want to call yourself a chemist, you know at least some of the things that are on the periodic table of elements.

so first interview, some guy who says he taught beginning and advanced C++ at a major US university. i ask the question. he's never heard of auto_ptr. ooookay.

second time around, i get a guy who has heard of it, but when we walk through the question, i find out it really isn't a good question after all. doh!