There's a lot of non-OOP C++ outside of the classroom ;) Procedural C++ is big in systems (and that's not just plain C compiled with a C++ compiler). Templates

There's a lot of non-OOP C++ outside of the classroom ;) Procedural C++ is big in systems (and that's not just plain C compiled with a C++ compiler). Templates, strings, built-in containers and smart pointers are very popular and useful.