Fair enough: I was thinking more about C than C++ there. I guess that for at least some libraries an FFI + a C to C++ glue layer might work. Now that I think o

Fair enough: I was thinking more about C than C++ there. I guess that for at least some libraries an FFI + a C to C++ glue layer might work. Now that I think of it, I'm happy with a C + high-level language future, and C++ programmers should pick up one or both of them.