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> Main advantage of object oriented programming is function
> overloading and private variables in structures but excess amount of
> features stuffed in C++ is really a problem. I think C++ does not
> handle polymorphism well.

The whole point of C++ is to handle polymorphism well, and it does.
For programs like gschem and pcb, which have lots of object types that
are "similar but different", an object oriented language like C++
should be an obvious choice.

Unfortunately, C++ is a huge toolbox and people think you have to use
every tool for every application, which leads to messy code.  Please
don't assume that's the case, or that C++ code is going to be harder
to understand than C.

> C/C++ lack good type checking which is a real disadvantage.

Well, C maybe, C++ has great support for type checking.  You just have
to write type-specific code.