It is possible to vote on whether to mark a feature as discouraged. C++ didn't invent nullptr to coexist with NULL. If users continue to use old algorithms instead of constrained algorithms year after year, why is the standards committee working on this? linter is also part of the c++ ecosystem, and the committee should respond. C++ has long been plagued by security problems, print is a safe alternative to printf, and continuing to use printf is hastening the death of C++.