I sort of look at it as aiming at the spot where you could write the code in C with a sprinkle of C++ features and whether to add that sprinkle or do things lik

I sort of look at it as aiming at the spot where you could write the code in C with a sprinkle of C++ features and whether to add that sprinkle or do things like hand-rolling a vtable system where you need one is a decision that will vary depending on circumstances. Though I believe the mozilla code it's replaced was all -very- C++.