> It is a diservice to C++, to paint RAII as modern C++. I think you're missing context. The term "modern C++" is used to refer to idiomatic C++ introduced in

> It is a diservice to C++, to paint RAII as modern C++. I think you're missing context. The term "modern C++" is used to refer to idiomatic C++ introduced in C++11. It has been that way for a couple of decades. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/welcome-back-to-cpp-modern-cpp https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/welcome-back-to-cp... The article touches on the topic of move semantics and move constructors. That's modern c++. That's not your C++98 RAII. In the same vein, "modern CMake" is also the term used to refer to the declarative style that followed the release of CMake 3, which dates back years.