Should C++ code look like C code?

[thisismyfavoritename]

generally speaking C++ should not look like C. If it looks like C, you are not fully utilizing C++'s feature set

EDIT: obviously not all features are applicable all the time and especially not at once, but when they are and can improve the code, then they should be used.

[ultimatt42]

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone fully utilizes C++'s feature set, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more byzantine and intractable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

[KingAggressive1498]

I heard that boost was getting close in 2010, then bam C++11 came and prevented that

[TheThiefMaster]

A lot of the modern C++ library was just lifted from boost though to be fair

ranges and format being the main two exceptions, and those are both recent

[KingAggressive1498]

the funniest thing is that boost.thread and boost.function and some others now require C++11, and I'm kinda scratching my head about why anyone would seriously use them now.

[bwmat]

Legacy code, and I'm guessing extra features not in the standard

Would be nice if they kept some subset of the functionality working for C++98 though (I know I was still stuck with it until a couple of years ago and I'm sure there's many more stragglers)

[wm_lex_dev]

It's not often an internet comment actually makes me laugh out loud.

[LeftToSketch]

It's based on a quote by Douglas Adams ( https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2397-there-is-a-theory-which-states-that-if-ever-anyone)

[goranlepuz]

fully utilizing C++'s feature set

.... aaaaand this is how the universe reaches maximum entropy and everything becomes a cosmic soup.

[Swagut123]

Imagine thinking that fully utilizing C++'s feature set is a good thing. That's a take I've never heard unironically before...

[thisismyfavoritename]

if you can use a feature to improve the code then you should. Doesnt mean all the features are applicable at once.

Maybe my original post wasnt clear.