[fasterik]

I don't think "refusing to learn C++" is the right way to frame it. I want to use the language features that are actually useful to me, without being forced into a specific programming style. I can't speak for every "orthodox C++" programmer, but for me that means using exclusively plain-old-data structs, non-member functions, and "dumb" pointers. I have no issue with learning to use a C++ feature when it's directly useful to a problem I'm trying to solve.

As one example, I recently found templated lambdas useful in making animations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw-h0dePYZM

[rramadass]

Right. Use/Choose those features you are most knowledgeable/comfortable with. That is why C++ has such a smorgasbord of features and supports multiple paradigms. Over time, as one learns "better ways" (for a certain definition and one is convinced of it) of doing something change/modify as needed.

That is all there is to it.