Shot him a quick email for clarification:

> "Is "std::list considered harmful" in the general field of C++ or are you only talking about the very specific game programming field you used it for?"

> "I think it's harmful for all programming, but if you read the comments you'll find almost as many different opinions on the subject as comments!

The problem is that manually managing lists is error-prone, which is why I use a solution that automatically handles them; I think all programs, not just games, would benefit from their use."