Nicola Musatti wrote:

> The immediate accessibility of C libraries has certainly been one of
> C++ major asset in the past, but it probably inhibited the development
> of proper C++ (standard) libraries; I'm thinking of domains such as
> base OS services, networking, multithreading, graphics, etc.

I'm forking this because it seems worthy of it's own thread.

Perhasp the C library subset needs to be more clearly circumscribed, and
treated as a separate 'organel' with a clearly defined interface.  I don't
know what issues exist regarding synchronizing the evolution of C with C++.
I'm not sure what the motives for holding onto C support really are; nor
what level of fidelity to C is required; nor to which C C++ should be
faithful, if any.

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