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> My personal feelings are quite different, I hated C++ until C++11
> arrived. C++11 (and later) really is a different language
> altogether.

As an experiment, I changed pcb's configury to compile pcb with a C++
compiler instead of a C compiler.  After a few changes to support
this...  nobody noticed.

Please keep in mind that C is a subset of C++ - nearly every C program
is also a valid C++ program.  Most people who "hate C++" are really
saying they hate what people have done with C++.

Switching gaf and pcb to C++ - at least a minimal C-like subset of C++
- would greatly improve maintainability, since the applications are
highly object-oriented already.