Ah, this article makes a lot more sense - if you're running across that many different platforms and compilers, then you've been burned many times by modern C++

Ah, this article makes a lot more sense - if you're running across that many different platforms and compilers, then you've been burned many times by modern C++. I don't really agree with the whole "As C-like as possible" approach, but this statement is something I strongly believe in: > General guideline is: if current year is C++year+5 then it's safe to start selectively using C++year's features.