C Mannerisms Need Updating to Idiomatic C++

[joebobmiles]

When I started this project, I was writing it in a style I vaguely described as C(++). This style could be summarized as C11, but with C++ templates. Now I'm looking at getting deeper into C++, and as a result, have the urge to re-write my "C" code into more proper and idiomatic C++ code.

Some of this process has already begun, but there is still some things left to update and correct. The most egregious being the use of printf() where ever information needs to be given to the user.

[joebobmiles]

To add more to this, we should be also cleaning up a lot of our hack-y code. Right now, much of the code base is written in my "f***-everything-in-CPP-but-templates" style, which is hack-y and hard to maintain. We need to upgrade this into something that actually follows sane and sensible design patterns.