Summary
Jason Turner challenges the common misconception that C++ is strictly an object-oriented programming language. He demonstrates that C++ supports multiple programming paradigms including procedural programming (free functions inherited from C), generic programming (templates), functional programming (lambdas and higher-order functions), in addition to object-oriented features like classes with data and methods. Jason emphasizes that to get the most out of C++, developers need to understand all these paradigms and know when to apply each one appropriately.