We use C++11 pretty heavily (with a few exceptions). We also use exceptions, and a very judicious use of boost. You can browse the code here -- https://github.c

We use C++11 pretty heavily (with a few exceptions). We also use exceptions, and a very judicious use of boost. You can browse the code here -- https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/tree/next/src https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/tree/next/src.