ia parameters and return values, <strong>not</strong> reach out and access global state.</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="use-of-c-language-features">Use of C++ language features</h2>

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  <li>
    <p><strong>Stanford library structures over STL structures</strong>: You should be using the data structures and other libraries included in the <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/dept/cs_edu/resources/cslib_docs/">Stanford library</a> instead of the ones included in the C++ standard template library (i.e. use <code class="