C++ is a multi-paradigm language, and programming in it does not force you into the object orientation. Sure, there is a lot of encapsulation going on in the st

C++ is a multi-paradigm language, and programming in it does not force you into the object orientation. Sure, there is a lot of encapsulation going on in the standard library, but it does not mean that you have to follow the same approach in code you write (although I find that it is the ability to specify destructors that separates C++ from the plain old C, and you cannot do that if you do not write classes).