Look at it this way: every hour, people are coming across C++ for the first time. You can’t expect them to have the same discipline as seasoned programmers. The

Look at it this way: every hour, people are coming across C++ for the first time. You can’t expect them to have the same discipline as seasoned programmers. The thing is that even if you teach them “the way”, there’s always a new batch who is clueless. You’re never going to get rid of them, and even the experts are going to make mistakes and take shortcuts. Better to have sane strict defaults with an escape hatch for experts rather than an open range filled with footguns for any newbie to pick up.