Right. Use/Choose those features you are most knowledgeable/comfortable with. That is why C++ has such a smorgasbord of features and supports multiple paradigms

Right. Use/Choose those features you are most knowledgeable/comfortable with. That is why C++ has such a smorgasbord of features and supports multiple paradigms. Over time, as one learns "better ways" (for a certain definition and one is convinced of it) of doing something change/modify as needed. That is all there is to it.