In a corporate environment (particularly that corporate environment), the option of enforcing "we don't have to use the whole buffalo" exists. That is, you can

In a corporate environment (particularly that corporate environment), the option of enforcing "we don't have to use the whole buffalo" exists. That is, you can say "these parts of C++ are off-limits for this code base", and be reasonably sure it will stick. See also: exceptions. You could do that. Or you could go write a new language and further scatter the masses.