Very informative, thanks! Looks like I'll be sticking with C++11 onwards from now on, despite its flaws and the ability to do dangerous stupid things. Even better, it is backwards compatible so there is an abundance of usable existing libraries for it. (On reflection, it can do dangerous stupid things but in truth it would be entirely my fault for doing dangerous stupid things, so best not blame the language for my stupidity).

A very informative article though, thanks!