Ranges, Code Quality, and the future of C++

Many of you have seen the recent blog post by Eric Niebler about the acceptance of his C++ Ranges proposal to the C++2a standard. This is a feature set I’ve wanted in C++ for some time. In fact, using C#’s standard LINQ library, I’ve become accustomed to writing code in this style. I found it unfortunate, then, to see people respond to this post on Reddit and Twitter by complaining that this featu