In my mind "real C++" doesn't use RTTI much but relies more on the compiler to figure out things. This and exceptions are things I generally try to avoid as much as possible. I am big fan of templates though.
I dislike exceptions too, but in a difference-of-opinion way where I can be like “OK, that otherwise legible and reasonable code uses exceptions, unlike mine” and it doesn’t make me grimace like I involuntarily do for RTTI… I’d love to be mistaken tho, anyone with an inspiring counterexample, do share.