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by tumdum_ 1073 days ago
No, there's no such authoritative source - depending on context C++ fans will mix and match what is 'modern'.

It's somewhat similar to the C/C++ split. When it is convenient it's "C/C++" because "you can easily migrate your old C codebase to C++". But in other situations it's "C++", because C is old and more error prone and "we no longer manipulate raw pointers".