TCHAR in new C++ programs

Wheres the beginning C++ 4 article?

I have been debating with myself whether I should use TCHAR in my C++ examples in this blog.
When you generate a new C++ console project in Visual Studio 2008, it automatically includes
TCHAR and friends. I think this would be a bit confusing for the beginner who is trying to learn
C++ for the first time. The approach that I think I’m going to take, is to delete all the generated
files and let the beginner build his first program up from scratch in a new file using only standard
types.

First a review of the standard C++ char types

A null terminated string is an array of chars with a null (0) character at the end
to signal the end of the string. It is usually referred to with a char* pointer to the
first letter in the string. Alternatively it can be embedded in a std::string or std::vector
which is safer.

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