> > GCC steering community I count on you and speaking behalf other > > developers to keep GCC as close to C as possible for at least the next > > 1000 years. > > We've already made a decision to use C++ when it makes sense. That ship > sailed years ago.
I don't see "keeping GCC as close to C as possible" and "using C++ when it makes sense" as contradictory. In fact, they sound pretty close to the same thing to me.