Re: Abysmal state of GTK build

[Gerd Möllmann]

> Meh. C-with-macros as used all over Emacs is complex as well, and also
> requires learning.

+1

> Iʼm neither a C++ fanboy nor an expert in "modern"
> C++, but if it can be used to reduce complexity Iʼm all for it. GDB
> seems to have had some success with it.

I'm also far fromt a fanboy.  I think I see this from a practical 
standpoint and I agree fully with GCC and GDB folks.  To quote a slide
from Ian Lance Taylor (Write gcc in C++, 2008)

- C++ is a standardized, well known, popular language.
- C++ is nearly a superset of C90 used in gcc.
- The C subset of C++ is just as efficient as C.
- C++ supports cleaner code in several significant cases.
- C++ makes it easier to write cleaner interfaces by making it harder to 
break interface boundaries.
- C++ never requires uglier code.
- C++ is not a panacea but it is an improvement.

Take a look at xdisp.c, and imagine what that will look like in another 
20 years if nothing happens.